In New York? Brush elbows with Oodles of Great Agents

The Backspace Writers Conference in New York is unique. There are no pitch sessions: no sweaty palms and nauseated tummies. There are no workshops on plot, character or dialogue. The entire weekend is devoted to the business side of writing with some of the best agents in the business as the teachers. Thursday, you will have the opportunity in small groups to dissect your query letters so that they sparkle and shine. Friday the same will be done with the opening two pages of your manuscript. Though there are no formal pitch sessions, there will be plenty of opportunities to talk to agents in a relaxed, informal setting (better for you AND the agent!). This is the type of conference I would love to go to if I lived closer to New York. Unfortunately, Seattle is the opposite end of the earth. A beautiful end of the earth, but really, really far away from Anywhere Business Oriented.

Backspace Agent-Author Seminar
November 5 & 6, 2009
Radisson Martinique, New York City

Check out the list of participating agents:

Jeff Kleinman (Folio Literary Management) • Paige Wheeler (Folio Literary Management) • Jennifer DeChiara (Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency) • Colleen Lindsay (FinePrint Literary Agency) • Elizabeth Evans (Reece Halsey Literary Agency) • Emmanuelle Alspaugh (Judith Erlich Agency) • Stephany Evans (FinePrint Literary Agency) • Gina Panettieri (Talcott Notch Literary) • Laney Katz Becker (Folio Literary Management) • Diana Fox (Fox Literary) • Jason Allen Ashlock (Movable Type Literary Group) • Joanna Stampfel-Volpe (Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation) • Elisabeth Weed (Weed Literary) • Scott Hoffman (Folio Literary Management) • Michelle Brower (Wendy Sherman Associates) • Daniela Rapp (Editor, St. Martin’s Press) • Matthew Mahoney (Ralph M. Vicinanza Ltd.) • Holly Root (Scott Waxman Agency) • Jennie Dunham (Dunham Literary, LLC) • Alexandra Machinist (Linda Chester Agency) • Miriam Kriss (Irene Goodman Agency • Janet Reid (FinePrint Literary Management) • Lois Winston (Ashley Grayson Literary Agency)

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