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| When your submission materials a query letter, synopsis, manuscript, or book proposal arrive in an agent's inbox, they land among hundreds of others. At that point, one of two things will happen. Either the agent (or the agents assistant) will like the submission and request more materials, or they will reply with a rejection. |
| Authors who get rejected tend to fall in one of two categories when submitting materials: they try too hard, or not enough. This Writers Digest Boot Camp is designed to help you streamline your submission materials to stand out in a good way. |
| Attendees will learn how to write a dynamite query letter, tackle a one-page synopsis (for fiction) and a book proposal (for nonfiction). The instructing literary agents will also explain the importance of author platform in addition to basic etiquette in dealing with an agent and manuscript basics. |
| Lastly, all attendees will have an opportunity to interact one-on-one with an agent and submit ten double-spaced pages of materials (in any combination--query, synopsis, book proposal, first pages of your manuscript) for valuable feedback provided by successful literary agents. |
| Here's how it works: On March 13, you will gain access to a special 60-minute online tutorial presented by literary agents Kimberley Cameron and Elizabeth Kracht. This tutorial will provide nuts & bolts advice on how to help you streamline your submission materialsincluding the query letter, novel synopsis, nonfiction book proposal, and first pages. |
| After listening to the presentation, attendees will spend the next two days revising materials as necessary. Following the tutorial, writers will have two days in which to log onto the discussion boards and ask your assigned agent critiquer questions related to revising your materials. The agents will be available for a discussion session from 4-6 p.m. (ET) on both Wednesday, March 14 and Thursday, March 15. By end of day (11:59 p.m., ET) on Friday, March 16 attendees will submit up to 10 double-spaced pages for review to their assigned agents. These pages can include any combination of a double-spaced query, a synopsis, a book proposal, or pages of their manuscript. |
| The agents will spend three weeks reviewing all assigned pages, provide relevant feedback and offer suggestions to help attendees improve upon them. The agents reserve the right to request more materials if they feel a strong connection to the work and want to read more. |
| In addition to feedback from agents, attendees will also have access to "Everything You Need to Know About Literary Agents," an on-demand webinar by Chuck Sambuchino. |
| While we accept requests to work with a specific agent, there are no guarantees that attendees will be matched with their requested agent. |
| All agents are able to provide critiques for all genres. |
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| Agent: MARY C. MOORE After freelancing for two years as an editor and writer in non-literary sectors, Mary began an internship with Kimberley Cameron & Associates with the desire to learn more about the literary business for her own writing. During the internship, she discovered a passion for helping others develop their manuscripts. Now she balances three jobs: writer, editor, and agent, and finds that the experience in each helps and supports the other. She is looking for unusual fantasy, grounded science-fiction, and atypical romance. Strong female characters and unique cultures especially catch her eye. Although she will not consider most nonfiction, stories about traditional dance or pagan culture may interest her. Above all, she is looking for writing that sweeps her away. |
| Agent: LISA ABELLERA joined Kimberley Cameron and Associates in 2013 with a background in management, marketing, and finance. She has studied creative writing, design, and business, earning her B.A. in Strategic Management from Dominican University of CA and her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of San Francisco. She is actively building her client list with both debut and established authors. She is looking to form long-term, collaborative relationships with writers who are committed to putting forth their best work. |
| Agent: DORIAN MAFFEI began at Kimberley Cameron & Associates as an intern in 2013. She has since become a junior agent and is now looking to build a client list of her own. While she appreciates most fiction that traverses across multiple genres, she is especially interested in magical realism, fabulism, reimagined fairy tales, speculative fiction, literary science fiction, upmarket womens fiction, unique voices, and innovative storytelling that sometimes veers on the weird. She values work that provokes a deep-rooted connection after the last page, and explores the peculiar within the mundane. |
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