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1. A Hands-On Webinar with Mary Kole, My Fab Agent

By: Jenny Martin, on 9/1/2010
Blog: Book Binge (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Kidlit.com, Mary Kole, writing critique, writing webinar, YA, Uncategorized, publishing, Writing, agents, literary agent, MG, Writer's Digest, Add a tag

Looking for critique and craft advice from a pub industry pro?

Are you yearning to improve your writing and get it in the hand’s of a great kidlit/MG/YA agent?

If so, you’ve got to check out this great webinar offered by none other than Mary Kole, my wonderful, wise, crazy cool agent.

You think her blog, Kidlit.com is full of helpful hints? Wait til you enroll in this Writer’s Digest class. You’ll get the inside track on all kinds of topics including:

The essential elements of books written for younger children, tweens, and teens
How your kid reader thinks about fiction and what they want
What agents and editors look for in terms of pitch, writing, and book premise
How to make your hook absolutely irresistible
What separates an aspiring writer from a contracted author in this field

And here’s the best part. Every single participant gets to submit pages for critique. If you register, Mary will personally dig into your work and give you detailed feedback! (And let me tell you, her crits are solid gold. Take it from me, they are the absolute best.)

What are you waiting for?! Get over there and take your game to the next level!

Hungry for More?

Try this yummo recipe for tiramisu, a Mary Kole approved dessert.

Filed under: Uncategorized, Writing Tagged: agents, Kidlit.com, literary agent, Mary Kole, MG, publishing, Writer's Digest, Writing, writing critique, writing webinar, YA

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2. Contests and conferences

By: Samantha Clark, on 10/21/2009
Blog: Day By Day Writer (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Houston SCBWI, Austin SCBWI, writing conferences, North Texas SCBWI, Andrea Brown Literary agent Mary Kole, KidLit.com, writing contests, Add a tag

Done today: More on chapter 4

Revision remaining: 149 pages

Daily pages needed to be finished by end of November: 3.5

So, today I started the revisions I had thought of a couple days ago, and then came up with an even better solution to the problem! That’ll be tomorrow morning’s revision exercise, but I think it’ll be a keeper. It will improve flow, pacing and shorten these early chapters so we can get to the bulk of the adventure quicker. I’m excited.

I’m going to the North Texas SCBWI conference this Saturday, and I’m also very excited about that. I’ll be getting a critique, which is exciting, as well as hearing from Dutton Children’s Books’ Lisa Yoskowitz and Foundry Literary & Media agent Lisa Grubka, as well as others.

Last week, I sent in my registrations for the Austin SCBWI conference in January and the Houston SCBWI conference in February. Unfortunately, I was too late to get a critique from one of the great agents or editors who will be in Austin (word to the wise, register early because spots will fill up fast), but I am in time for an author critique at the Austin event and an agent critique at the Houston event, so that’s also something great to look forward to.

These are all conferences around where I live, and I feel blessed to have so many good ones within a drive or cheap flight.

I don’t think conferences are necessary to success in publishing. I’m sure there are plenty of people who write a book, send out queries and get published without ever going to a conference.

But, whenever possible, I like going to conferences for a number of reasons:

Motivation – It’s always great to hear people talking about the work. Makes you want to run home and start writing immediately.
Inspiration – Every conference I’ve been to has had a healthy dose of encouragement. Book writers tend to be a helpful bunch.
Meeting new people – I reiterate: Book writers tend to be a helpful bunch, and it’s always nice to meet others who are going through the same things you are.

Even though I go to conferences as much as possible, I don’t do much in the way of contests, mainly because by the time I hear about them, the deadline has passed. I’m so on top of things!

But contests can be a great way to a) get a read on where you are as a writer, and b) get your name out there as a writer.

Even if you don’t win, your writing can be noticed. A query contest I entered earlier this year got an agent interested in my first book.

This is why I’m entering the KidLit.com query contest run by Andrea Brown Literary agent Mary Kole. Contests provide an opportunity, and opportunities should never be passed up. The deadline is Dec. 31. Wanna join me?

What are you looking forward to?

Write On!