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Do you have a book inside you that you’ve been dying to write, or perhaps a magazine article or TV show…but you don’t know where to begin (and besides that, you think it’s impossible to get published)?
At our first time ever Secrets of Publishing a group of top editors, agents and authors will reveal the best ways to get your writing published in newspaper and magazines – as
well as how to get a book deal. Moderator Susan Shapiro, a writing professor famous for her “instant gratification takes too long” method of helping students get published will provide inside info:
- The best way to break into newspapers and magazines
- The benefits of writing a whole piece or book versus pitching
- Whether to self-publish or work with agents
- How to write for TV
- The best ways to get an agent
- How to get “heat” on your book project so agents call you
Susan Shapiro – Moderator – is an awardwinning NYU and New School writing professor and author of “Lighting Up,” “Only As Good as Your Word” and "Speed Shrinking.
Amy Sohn is author of the new novel Prospect Park West, and she has scripted television pilots for Fox, ABC, HBO and Lifetime.
Kerri Kolen has been a Publisher at Simon & Schuster for the past 7 years.
Lou Wallach – Founder Wallach Media, former SVP, Original Programming and Development, COMEDY CENTRAL
Ryan Fischer-Harbage is a literary agent at The Fischer-Harbage Agency in Manhattan. Before starting his firm he was an editor at Little, Brown, Simon & Schuster and Penguin Books.
Francis Flaherty has worked for the past sixteen years as an editor at The New York Times.
Paula Derrow is the articles director of Self Magazine. She has more than 20 years of editing and writing experience including Web sites, including Glamour, American Health, Harper’s Bazaar, and more.
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