Copyright ©️ 2023 By Kenesha Collins Scene from my urban romantic drama, Targeted. Terrance "Dominic" Rhodes once had a quiet life in the south working in a factory. He gets on the wrong side of the law for a crime he didn't commit. Now, he's trying to rebuild everything. Not to mention, being a Black man with an assault charge doesn't look good on your resume. He nurses his wounds in a nearby hole-in-the-wall nightclub. Read or Pass? #Scene #blackstories #urbanromanticdrama #script #filmindustry #ampitching #amquerying #amwriting #womenscreenwriters #blackwomenscreenwriters
It really isn't. Go have a read or a listen to my second-ever post on @substack and my first-ever podcast! . . . #author #pitch #authorlife #amwriting #amquerying #ampitching #amonsub #substack #podcaster
Do you dread pitching, marketing, or self-promotion for your novel? Then this workshop is for you! 📚 ✨ 📝 *** "So, what's your book about?" It's the question that every writer gets asked by well-meaning friends, colleagues, and strangers, and nearly every writer I know dreads to be asked it. And why wouldn't they? Writing a novel is hard, and having to reduce it to one sentence, a paragraph, or even a single page for a query letter is hair-raising. But pitching doesn't have to be scary or hair-raising at all. In fact, it should be fun and empowering. And in just an hour and a half, I'll show you how in Work That Pitch! During the workshop, you'll learn the tools you need to pitch your story to your family, your friends, your ideal readers, and your dream literary agents. Through targeted workshops and activities centered around craft, you'll be able to: -distill your story vision -give just enough detail about your story so that potential readers and listeners want more -understand the power of stakes, conflict, and thematic resonance in your work. Best of all, you'll get to have fun with other writers looking to level up like you are. Never dread pitching, marketing, or self-promotion ever again! Hope to see you soon! Open to beginner and intermediate writers who have a story idea, a work-in-progress, or a completed novel. Students are also encouraged to bring a copy of their favorite book to study its back cover copy. Link in the bio to register!! #amwriting #ampitching #amquerying #amonsubmission #writing #pitching #workshop
There I am, overcaffeinated and underslept, name tag askew, ecstatic to be recognized for a solid pitch. Writers spend hours and hours and hours *after* finishing the book, crafting the language of a query letter. And just 6 months ago, I left this same conference staggered by the work I still had to do to make my query good. It’s so rewarding when the work pays off. Thank you to Alex at HG Literary for the recognition, and especially to @atlantawritersclub for a terrific ATL Writers Conference. It’s the friendliest and best-run conference I’ve ever attended. The search for an agent is on! My southern crime drama is looking for a home… #writersofinstagram #author #ampitching #amquerying #crimefiction
Y'all! I am... SO... excited about the creative vision that I have for my debut novel series. I am bursting at the seams here!! BEYOND excitement, this feels like...a powerful affirmation of my purpose that I am manifesting with this body of literary work. Today, I received a burst of inspiration & clarity that led me to create the ENTIRE series arc of The Chronicles of Saints series (new temp series title lol yay). Five books of rich, powerful, witchy, Black Girl (and Boy) Magick fashioned for mature audiences. This is a sacred creation that I'm - somehow working up the courage - to share with the world. This story is sacred. These character journeys are sacred. This MOTIF is very sacred. ✨I am thankful to Creator/Great Spirit/Divine/Universe/God/Source. I am thankful to my Big Egun Ancestors. I am thankful to my higher & Highest Self. I am manifesting greatness. ✨ . . . #writingcommunity #bipocwriters #bipocauthors #ownvoices #amwriting #ampitching #amquerying #amreading #debutauthors #fantasywriters #fantasyauthors #debutnovels #fantasybooks #bookstagram #bookish #blackgirlswhowrite #bipoc #authorsofinstagram #urbanfantasy #fantasynovels #writersofinstagram #goodreads #readersofinstagram #speculativefiction #speculative #blackgirlmagic #blackboymagic #blackwitches #blackspirituality #sff
It's time to show my face! I'll be introducing myself and sharing my candid experience for the past 3 years trying to break into screenwriting in "Hollywood." Spoiler Alert ⚠️ It's not going to be negative. And my work hasn't been optioned..."yet."😊 I've met some AMAZING film producers, directors, actors, actresses and other DOPE writers! It hasn't been all peaches 🍑 and cream by ANY means, and I'm going to be honest. I hope this helps and gives hope to those who are like me trying to break into the business. The film industry is getting a bad rap right now. #entertainmentbusiness #screenwriterlife #introduction #welcomenewfollowers💋 #optioned #amquering #womenofcolorwriters #womenscreenwriters #ampitching #amwriting
IT’S PITCH DAY IN WASHINGTON, DC! I’m up early and practicing for my shark-tank-like live pitch session! My mission today is to hook a great editor! I’m nervous I’m excited & I’m really READY TO MEET SOME AMAZING #editors #authors & #agents in the #kidlit #writingcommunity Thank you, @scbwi for creating this opportunity🤞🏻 Wish me luck! 🤩🍀🫶🏻 #publishing #scbwi #ampitching #onsubmission #5amwritersclub #author #coffee #bookstagram #authorsofinstagram #momsofinstagram #pitchperfect #pitch #pitchday #editorsday #marketing #agentseditorsday24
If you're the furthest thing from a coder (like me) & have every tried building your own website from scratch, YOU KNOW THE STRUGGLE 😭🙌🏾 . . . #writingcommunity #bipocwriters #bipocauthors #ownvoices #amwriting #ampitching #amquerying #amreading #debutauthors #fantasywriters #fantasyauthors #debutnovels #fantasybooks #bookstagram #bookish #blackgirlswhowrite #bipoc #authorsofinstagram #blackcreatives #writersofinstagram #goodreads #readersofinstagram #thestruggleisreal #wegonmakeitdowhatitdo
Final call for the special launch weekend price for WKND Pitch Perfection! ✨ I've been so excited to share this mini course with you and I'm already receiving some amazing feedback 🥲 It's perfect for authors who are getting ready to pitch AND for writers who are heading into revision. You get lifetime access to the course so you can use this system again and again as you write a career's worth of books. 💛 Get access for just $49 when you buy this weekend before it goes to its regular price of $89 (still about what you would pay for a query review at your local writing conference)! Check out the link in my bio to get WKND Pitch Perfection ✨ #FirstTimeAuthor #AuthorSupport #WritingABook #HowToWriteABook #WritingAdvice #AuthorsSupportingAuthors #WritingYA #WritingFantasy #AmPitching
Making new writer friends at the Kentucky Writing Workshop. Gonna be a great day! #writinglife #writingconference #kentuckywritingworkshop #ampitching #writingdayworkshops #kyww @brianklems
Introducing.... WKND Pitch Perfection! 🥳🙌 For years, people have been telling me I have pitching super powers. I love helping folks craft pitches--yes, I know this makes me strange--and I've probably read close to a thousand over the last decade because of my work as a book coach and my time as a Pitch Wars mentor. So I'm thrilled to announce that I've spent the past two months doing a massive brain dump of everything I know about pitching and have created an amazing course offerings for writers. WKND Pitch Perfection is a six-module mini-course that teaches you, step by step, how to position your book in a competitive marketplace starting with a strong query. I'll be offering this $89 course for a special launch-weekend-only price of $49. It is jam-packed with content, including: 💛 6 video lessons including slides, transcripts, and audio files 💛 A step-by-step workbook that goes along with the course 💛 Examples of successful queries in a downloadable knowledge base 💛 A query template 💛 Word count and genre references 💛 Detailed FAQs featuring real questions writers have asked over the years The link to get access to the course for the special launch weekend price is in my bio now! AND as part of the launch for this self-paced course, I'll be going LIVE twice this week and I'd love to see some of my Wyrd Words friends there. Mark your calendars for Friday, April 19, 3pm Pacific / 6pm Eastern to join me on Instagram live. #FirstTimeAuthor #AuthorSupport #WritingABook #HowToWriteABook #WritingAdvice #AuthorsSupportingAuthors #WritingYA #WritingFantasy #AmPitching
I always try to memorialize the day one of my book babies takes the leap into the trenches, and I am already bad at selfies so here’s all my raw nerves and excitement!! 💜💜 Fourteen months of preparation!! I cannot believe how far this story has come from a bunch of notes and a mood board. Eight drafts. Five pitches today to send it off … I’m so ready!!!! #ampitching #amquerying #ya #yafiction #historicalfiction #historicalfantasy #kidlit #writersofinstagram #amwritingya #publicapeaking #intothetrenches #writingconference #pitchevent #icantbelieveimdoingthis #eerie19thcentury #writersofig
I don’t dislike #nyc #newyork anymore #manhattan #chelsea #amediting #ampitching #amfailing #amrewriting
I always thought this was just a #SouthPark joke #subtext #broadway damn @southpark is f’en genius. #amediting #ampitching
🩷 Party, Pitches & P!NK - what a week! 🩷 On Monday we spent the day with family to celebrate a big birthday for one of my little loves 🎉 On Wednesday I pitched a new and very funny story to a publisher and then saw P!nk in concert - who was amazing as always! 💖🎤 And today I pitched an imaginative and thought-provoking story to a publisher so hopefully they loved my concept 🤞 You know I love a themed earring and I think these were right on point ✏️🙌📖 Good luck to everyone who pitched this week! 🍀🍀🍀 . #busyweek #authorlife #literaryspeeddating #chasingdreams #pitching #ampitching #authorsofinstagram #wrotersofinstagram #authorcommunity #authorgram #writingforchildren #writingforkids
It’s worth it #nyc #chelsea I give thanks everyday that I have a job where I can afford it #amediting #ampitching
Simplicity is the word of the day. Let the countdown begin!! 🙌🏾⏳ . . . #writingcommunity #bipocwriters #bipocauthors #ownvoices #amwriting #ampitching #amquerying #amreading #debutauthors #fantasywriters #fantasyauthors #debutnovels #fantasybooks #bookstagram #bookish #blackgirlswhowrite #bipoc #authorsofinstagram #blackcreatives #writersofinstagram #goodreads #readersofinstagram
Do you have 30 minutes to get a good walk in? Do you have 30 minutes to get a chapter in? Do you have 30 minutes to write a few pages of that scene? Do you have 30 minutes to start that pitch? Do you have 30 minutes to make 5 cold calls 📞 or send 3 emails? If all this sounds overwhelming...write down 5 goals that require just 30 minutes of your time each day. Let me know how it works out! #timemanagement #successmindset #30minuteadaygoals #mindset #coldcalls #coldemails #goals #dedication #perserverance #motivation #accomplishments #ampitching #amquerying #amwriting
The Mslexia Agent Extravaganza is an online event which offers you the opportunity to pitch your work to a roster of agents working across forms and genres. We will have sessions for Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction and Children's/YA. All the agents we’ve invited are actively building their client lists, so they're keeping an eye out for any projects that pique their interest. They're hungry for new authors – could you be one of them? If your pitch catches the eye of an agent, we'll be in touch with their contact details (imagine receiving that email!), so make sure you have a synopsis and those all-important early chapters ready to go! Mslexia Salon membership costs just £12 on top of your regular subscription fee. Join today to take part in next week's Extravaganza! #amwriting #amediting #ampitching #pitchmad #writerscommunity #mslexiasalon #mslexiamagazine #mslexia
WOOP WOOP!! Stepping out of my Creative Cave to share 🙌🏾🙌🏾 These last three months have been, whew! Busy, busy. Now to draft emails, update my query materials & brace for the deep dive. #Amquerying my debut bestseller @ 106K Spring 2024!!! . . . #writingcommunity #bipocwriters #bipocauthors #ownvoices #amwriting #ampitching #amquerying #amreading #debutauthors #fantasywriters #fantasyauthors #debutnovels #fantasybooks #bookstagram #bookish #blackgirlswhowrite #bipoc #authorsofinstagram #blackcreatives #writersofinstagram #goodreads #readersofinstagram #Nanowrimo #nationalwritingmonth
Rae Ritchie pitched an article every single day for a month. Find out what happened over on the Mslexia blog... Link in bio 🔗 #amwriting #ampitching #amsubmitting
Boring begins with how your book is written. Long, wordy, go no where sentences, paragraphs, no action, information that yawns on and on adding no value to the story 🥱= boring Your book can be many things, but at it cannot be BORING. ***if you’re planning on pitching agents this year, sign up for my. FREE LIVE class next Thursday Jan 11. Drop the word PITCH for details and to sign up! #pitchyourbook #literaryagents #novelwriting #authors #writers #aspiringauthors #amwriting #ampitching #writerslife #writersworld #writing #books #stories #publishing #deliveryourbook
In honor of Nanowrimo & National Writing Month, allow me to reintroduce myself: My name is Chloé A.H. Lewis (still working on a pen lol). I'm a Spiritualist, Wildlife Ecologist, & Writer of deliciously dark & magickally melanated Adult/NA Speculative Fiction. #Amquerying my debut novel: "The Covenant of Saints" (the OFFICIAL TITLE whoop!) for traditional publication. It is the first installment in a Charmed X Conjure Woman multi-pov Adult/NA urban fantasy series. 📝 📚 Touring indie bookstores is my jam! Would love to launch a vlog on my indie bookish ventures. Adventuring outdoors is my greatest pastime. Nature is my happiest of happy places. 🌻 📓 Journaling is my medicine & hobby. I love handwriting & am a cursive literacy advocate. I am a Sensitivity/Expert Reader & Scientific-Technical Writer & Editor. Hoping to launch my freelance services soon! 📖 🖤❤️ Amplifying Indigenous American & Indigenous Afrikan voices in literature is a pillar of mine; manifesting a space on shelves, online, & in brick-and-mortar that does just that. 🤍💛 💫 🧘🏾♀️ Storytelling via writing is where my creative passion meets my purpose(s). I embrace this path through my work to shift the Collective Consciousness toward a Higher Frequency of wisdom, knowledge, & understanding. . . . #writingcommunity #bipocwriters #bipocauthors #ownvoices #amwriting #ampitching #amquerying #amreading #debutauthors #fantasywriters #fantasyauthors #debutnovels #fantasybooks #bookstagram #bookish #blackgirlswhowrite #bipoc #authorsofinstagram #blackcreatives #writersofinstagram #goodreads #readersofinstagram #Nanowrimo #nationalwritingmonth
Literary agent Jolene Haley has a list of questions for YOU to ask agents when you pitch. Registration closes tomorrow, Oct 30, at midnight! https://conta.cc/3tL4fXK #MWWAgentFestOnline2023 #agentfest #pitchfest #literaryagent #literaryagents #facultyinterview #ampitching #amquerying #pitch #query #queryletter #queryletters
We're so excited to begin seeing Issue 1 of LIT SHARK MAGAZINE out in the wild! . This is a fragment of the front cover of Issue 1. We're still so in love with how the photographer, Elianne Dipp, took this picture of a shark just beneath the break in a wave... . We hope people continue to read and enjoy Issue 1; we have some AMAZING news to share later today! . #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionsOpen #CallforSubmissions #amsubmitting #ampitching #amwriting #freetoenter #poetrycontest #poetry #poetryofthemonth #litshark #litsharkmagazine #literarymagazine #litmag #writersofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #bookstagram #bookloversofinstagram #sharklovers #fiction
We're so excited to begin seeing Issue 1 of LIT SHARK MAGAZINE out in the wild! . This photo was taken by H.K.G. Lowery, who was featured in Issue 1 with the poem, "Pathos for a Bee." . We hope people continue to read and enjoy Issue 1; we have some AMAZING news to share later today! . In the meantime, here is H.K.G. Lowery's "Pathos for a Bee": . dead on a sunlit windowsill, I was petrified of carcass near coffee, winged & withering; honey poured over porridge, paranoid sugar might resurrect this spawn of Satan - but then, there was pathos for the perished pollinator: I know there is Rembrandt, Monet & da Vinci, but Nature is my favorite artist . #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionsOpen #CallforSubmissions #amsubmitting #ampitching #amwriting #freetoenter #poetrycontest #poetry #poetryofthemonth #litshark #litsharkmagazine #literarymagazine #litmag #writersofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #bookstagram #bookloversofinstagram #sharklovers #fiction
We're so excited to begin seeing Issue 1 of LIT SHARK MAGAZINE out in the wild! . This photo was taken by H.K.G. Lowery, who was featured in Issue 1 with the poem, "Pathos for a Bee." . We hope people continue to read and enjoy Issue 1; we have some AMAZING news to share later today! . #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionsOpen #CallforSubmissions #amsubmitting #ampitching #amwriting #freetoenter #poetrycontest #poetry #poetryofthemonth #litshark #litsharkmagazine #literarymagazine #litmag #writersofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #bookstagram #bookloversofinstagram #sharklovers #fiction
#motivation #motivationalquotes #artofstorytelling #storydevelopment #amquerying #ampitching #amwriting #breakingintoscreenwriting #ampitching #amquerying #yougotthis #youcandothis #storyteller #storyteller #icandothis #ivegotthis #letsgo #faithoverfear🙏 #itsmytime #nofear #doitafraid #godsgotme
ANOTHER LAST CALL, readers, writers, and shark fans! This time for Lit Shark Magazine's November Poem of the Month Contest! . Submissions are ALWAYS open, but if you want to submit to our CURRENT contest, you have to submit within the month of October! If you submit in November, your poetry will be considered in December... and so on. . The winner will receive: - $20 - An original broadside of their poem - Featured on our website - Featured in our next issue of Lit Shark Magazine - You can see our previous winner and her original broadside here: https://litshark.com/lit-shark-mag-oct-poem-month-winner/ . Honorable Mentions will also be considered, and they will receive a shoutout on our website, and their poem will be featured in our next issue of Lit Shark Magazine. . Happy Submitting! We can't wait to read your work! . FREE TO SUBMIT. Do it here! www.litshark.com/submit . #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionsOpen #CallforSubmissions #amsubmitting #ampitching #amwriting #freetoenter #poetrycontest #poetry #poetryofthemonth #litshark #litsharkmagazine #literarymagazine #litmag #writersofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #bookstagram #bookloversofinstagram #sharklovers #fiction
LAST CALL, readers, writers, and shark fans! If you've been sitting on a horror story, a ghost story, a campy JAWS or THE MEG retelling, or even some creepy, surreal poetry, we're ready to read it! . Hurry! The doors close on Wednesday! . Issue 3 Deadline to Submit: October 25, 2023 . Poetry: Up to 5 poems or 10 pages Fiction and Nonfiction: Up to 15 pages or 4500 words . Issue 3 centers around the spooky season and will be released just in time for Halloween in the United States. More importantly, though, Issue 3 is your opportunity to let loose your wildest, campiest, and creepiest renditions of the shark genre; we’re talking JAWS and SHARKNADO and THE MEG and BLACK DEMON here. . SUBMIT HERE: www.litshark.com/submit/ . Lit Shark is deeply committed to conservation, preserving marine life, and debunking myths that are harming marine life (especially sharks, who generally are just giant sea pups, let’s be honest), but our team also understands the fun of sitting back with a giant bowl of popcorn and spilling half of it during the scary parts of some of these horror films. It's all about balance. So we're giving our readers (and ourselves!) some space for the fun while also understanding that this is for entertainment, not to reinforce those negative stigmas (the beautiful sharks will thank us). 💙🦈 . Being our spooky issue, we also really want to see your spookiest and scariest stories, tales around the campfire, sirens and men lost at sea tales… You get the point. Let your imagination run wild, and send us your best! . We've already received some incredible submissions, but right now, we'll be releasing a MINI issue for Halloween rather than a full-length. Flood our inbox! (Maybe not THE SHINING elevator flood, but you know what we mean.) . #LitShark #LitSharkMagazine #litmag #literarymagazine #publication #submissionsopen #callforsubmissions #amsubmitting #amquerying #ampitching #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #writersofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #bookloversofinstagram #bookstagram #horrorwriters #horrorstory #ghoststory #creepypoems #spookypoems #surrealpoetry
At #MWWAgentFestOnline2023, you'll learn from literary agents about the publishing process, and have the opportunity to pitch to three of them! Here's faculty Jenniea Carter on practicing pitches and preparing queries. https://conta.cc/46yV3US #literaryagent #agentinterview #pitchfest #ampitching #amquerying #queryletter #queryletters #publishing #ampublishing #agentfest https://conta.cc/45GEF3t
No matter where you are on your book project, it's never too early to start learning about the publishing process. Join us for #MWWAgentFestOnline2023 where you can hear from faculty like Jenniea Carter and nine other agents! https://conta.cc/46yV3US #literaryagent #agentinterview #pitchfest #ampitching #amquerying #queryletter #queryletters #publishing #ampublishing #agentfest https://conta.cc/3PVcW9q
#MWWAgentFestOnline2023 faculty Jenniea Carter talks about making sure your query accurately introduces your work. You can pitch to her (and two other agents!) when you register for Agent Fest Online. https://conta.cc/46yV3US #literaryagent #agentinterview #pitchfest #ampitching #amquerying #queryletter #queryletters #publishing #ampublishing #agentfest https://conta.cc/3FnrYzV
Feelin reeeeaaaaal anxious about pitching at a conference this weekend. So I’m wearing my favorite shirt (the conference is business casual or I would totally be wearing this. Alas) and trying not to freak out. Here’s to not screwing up opportunities! Haha #amwriting #writer #writersofinstagram #writerlife #author #authorsofinstagram #authorlife #ampitching #ya #mg
Pitch to Alexandria Brown and two others (of your choice)! Learn from ten different agents, plus plenty of opportunities for pitch practice! Register now https://conta.cc/3rTJhFC #AgentFestOnline2023 #literaryagents #ampitching #pitchfest #ampublishing #publishing #indiepublishing #writingconference #literaryagent #writingcommunity #writingtips #publishingtips #amquerying #queryletters #firstpagereads #querycritique #practicepitch
You can pitch to Sarah Gerton and two other agents of your choice when you register for #MWWAgentFestOnline2023--plus there's Practice Pitches, First Page Reads, and info sessions (from the agents!) https://conta.cc/48MRyMg #MWWAgentFestOnline2023 #agentfest #pitchfest #literaryagent #literaryagents #ampubllishing #publishing #traditionalpublishing #amquerying #querying #query #queries #queryletters #querylettercritique #firstpageread #pitchpractice #ampitching
It's more of an action scene, but you get my point. 😊 Check out a sample from my urban romance drama, Targeted. Note to Producers, Directors & Production Companies: This script is ready. I'm currently pitching. I've got another producer's attention...😊 Something good is cooking! 🍳 #fightscene #storyteller #scriptsample #storydevelopment #artofstorytelling #filmscript #filmindustry #predevelopment #ampitching #hardworkpaysoff💪
Literary agent Melissa Danaczko recommends practice pitches--and we've got practice pitch sessions at Agent Fest Online 2023! Register now and you can pitch (for real!) to three agents. https://conta.cc/46x28or #AgentFestOnline2023 #agentfest #pitchfest #ampitching #literaryagent #literaryagents #ampublishing #amquerying #publishing #pitching #querying #queryletters #querylettercritique #firstpages #firstpageread #MWW
Literary agent Zach Honey: Refine your query to impress agents Check it out and then make sure you register for more insights like this, from nine more agents! https://conta.cc/457vfOh #AgentFestOnline2023 #agentfest #pitchfest #ampitching #literaryagent #literaryagents #ampublishing #amquerying #publishing #pitching #querying #queryletters #querylettercritique #firstpages #firstpageread #MWW
Pitch to literary agent Madeline Wallace (and two other agents of your choice) at #MWWAgentFestOnline2023. Register now! https://conta.cc/3rpANpq #pitch #pitches #pitchfest #agent #agents #literaryagent #literaryagents #ampitching #query #queries #queryletters #amquerying #publish #publication #ampublishing #traditionalpublishing #writing #writingcommunity #writingconference #writinginspiration
LAST DAY: Lit Shark's OCT. Poem of the Month Contest! . Happy Monday, friends! And Happy September 25th! Why September 25th? Because the 25th is the LAST DAY submissions are open for Lit Shark's POEM OF THE MONTH each month! . Submissions are ALWAYS open, but submissions sent between the 1st and the 25th of the month will be considered for the current contest (i.e., subs we received September 1-25 will be considered for October's Poem of the Month, which will be launched on October 15). Any submissions received on the 26th or later will still be considered... but not until the next contest! . The winner will receive: - $20 - An original broadside of their poem - Featured on Lit Shark's website - Featured in the next issue of Lit Shark Magazine . Honorable Mentions will also be considered, and they will receive a shoutout on the website, and their poem will be featured in our next issue of Lit Shark Magazine, as well. . I AM SO EXCITED, EVERYONE. Please submit, and/or share this with someone you think would like to! Thank you so much, all!! . FREE TO SUBMIT. Do it here! www.litshark.com/submit . #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #SubmissionsOpen #CallforSubmissions #amsubmitting #ampitching #amwriting #freetoenter #poetrycontest #poetry #poetryofthemonth #litshark #litsharkmagazine #literarymagazine #litmag #writersofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #bookstagram #bookloversofinstagram #sharklovers #fiction
LAST DAY: Lit Shark's OCT. Poem of the Month Contest! . Happy Monday, readers, writers, and shark fans! And Happy September 25th! Why September 25th? Because the 25th is the LAST DAY we read submissions for our POEM OF THE MONTH each month! . Submissions are ALWAYS open, but submissions sent between the 1st and the 25th of the month will be considered for the current contest (i.e., subs we received September 1-25 will be considered for October's Poem of the Month, which will be launched on October 15). Any submissions received on the 26th or later will still be considered... but not until the next contest! . The winner will receive: - $20 - An original broadside of their poem - Featured on our website - Featured in our next issue of Lit Shark Magazine . Honorable Mentions will also be considered, and they will receive a shoutout on our website, and their poem will be featured in our next issue of Lit Shark Magazine, as well. . Happy Submitting! We can't wait to read your work! . FREE TO SUBMIT. Do it here! www.litshark.com/submit .
When are you ready to pitch? Literary Agent Savannah Brooks weighs in. Learn more from her--and pitch to her--at #MWWAgentFestOnline23. Register now and join us Nov 1 - 4! https://conta.cc/3Zr8x2i #ampitching #amquerying #firstpageread #agentfest #pitchfest #writingtips #writinginspiration #writingcommunity #ampublishing #queries #queryletters #queryletter #querylettercritique #firstpagecritique #publishing #literaryagents #literaryagent #agentinterview
Literary agent Madeline Wallace gives advice for honing your pitch. She'll be at #MWWAgentFestOnline2023. Register now! https://conta.cc/3ZtehZB #pitch #pitches #pitchfest #agent #agents #literaryagent #literaryagents #ampitching #query #queries #queryletters #amquerying #publish #publication #ampublishing #traditionalpublishing #writing #writingcommunity #writingconference #writinginspiration
Literary agent Madeline Wallace will teach "“The Ins and Outs of Finding an Agent" at #MWWAgentFestOnline2023. Register now! https://conta.cc/463r5YX #agent #literaryagent #agents #literaryagents #pitch #pitches #pitchfest #ampitching #query #queries #amquerying #queryletters #agentfest #writingconference #writingcommunity #writinginspiration #publication #publish #publishing
At Agent Fest Online 2023, you'll have the chance to learn about the publishing process from nine different literary agents--and pitch to three of them! Register now! This week's interview is with Melissa Danaczko https://conta.cc/48kdXA6 #AgentFestOnline2023 #agentfest #pitchfest #ampitching #literaryagent #literaryagents #ampublishing #amquerying #publishing #pitching #querying #queryletters #querylettercritique #firstpages #firstpageread #MWW
You can pitch to Eloy Bleifuss (and two other agents) when you sign up for #MWWAgentFestOnline2023! Check out this interview to learn more about him. https://conta.cc/3Zo7EaB #agentfest #pitchfest #agentpitch #ampitching #query #querying #queryletter #amquerying #publishing #publish #agent #agents #literaryagent #literaryagents
Don't forget the most important part of your pitch--YOU. Catch literary Agent Eloy Bleifuss at his session "What Agents Look for in a Query." Sign up for #MWWAgentFestOnline2023! https://conta.cc/3Pgo3t7 #agentfest #pitchfest #agentpitch #ampitching #query #querying #queryletter #amquerying #publishing #publish #agent #agents #literaryagent #literaryagents
Catch literary Agent Eloy Bleifuss at his session "What Agents Look for in a Query." Sign up for #MWWAgentFestOnline2023! https://conta.cc/3RkuaiN #agentfest #pitchfest #agentpitch #ampitching #query #querying #queryletter #amquerying #publishing #publish #agent #agents #literaryagent #literaryagents
Literary Agent Savannah Brooks is teaching a session about First Pages, and there will be nightly First Page Reads at #MWWAgentFestOnline23. Register now and join us Nov 1 - 4! https://conta.cc/3PiquLE #ampitching #amquerying #firstpageread #agentfest #pitchfest #writingtips #writinginspiration #writingcommunity #ampublishing #queries #queryletters #queryletter #querylettercritique #firstpagecritique #publishing #literaryagents #literaryagent #agentinterview
Want to hear from literary agents about pitches, queries, and the ins and outs of publishing? Fine Print Lit's Zach Honey weighs in here, and we've got nine more agents at Agent Fest Online 2023. Register now! https://conta.cc/3ZbfRyO #AgentFestOnline2023 #agentfest #pitchfest #ampitching #literaryagent #literaryagents #ampublishing #amquerying #publishing #pitching #querying #queryletters #querylettercritique #firstpages #firstpageread #MWW
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Literary agent Zach Honey: Refine your query to impress agents Check it out and then make sure you register for more insights like this, from nine more agents! https://conta.cc/3ZafGnJ #AgentFestOnline2023 #agentfest #pitchfest #ampitching #literaryagent #literaryagents #ampublishing #amquerying #publishing #pitching #querying #queryletters #querylettercritique #firstpages #firstpageread #MWW
At Agent Fest Online 2023, you'll have the chance to learn about the publishing process from nine different literary agents--and pitch to three of them! Register now! This week's interview is with Melissa Danaczko https://conta.cc/3Lf2NTp #AgentFestOnline2023 #agentfest #pitchfest #ampitching #literaryagent #literaryagents #ampublishing #amquerying #publishing #pitching #querying #queryletters #querylettercritique #firstpages #firstpageread #MWW
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Literary agent Melissa Danaczko has wisdom about your comparable titles (comps): Don't get carried away! Register now for more insights from nine more agents! https://conta.cc/45R64QF #AgentFestOnline2023 #agentfest #pitchfest #ampitching #literaryagent #literaryagents #ampublishing #amquerying #publishing #pitching #querying #queryletters #querylettercritique #firstpages #firstpageread #MWW
🤣 Writing Thursday 🤣 This week's Writing Wednesday is a) on Thursday lol, and b) about all the articles and stories I never wrote - or I wrote them and they never went anywhere, or were read by anyone. I looked back through my emails and found at least 40* separate email chains relating to pitches from 2013 to 2023. I pitched as a student, when I was unemployed, and now, in my free time from my job. The majority of pitches don't get responses at all. Some get responses along the lines of, this isn't the right fit for us at this time but thank you anyway and please keep us in mind for the future. One editor actually replied with a list of reasons why she personally disagreed with the article I submit - this is not the role of an editor! I'm sure I'll share that story here one day 😉 I've had a few lovely editors reply and work through some ideas with me to see what they can become. Writers' block, rejection, reading something you wrote 10 years ago with a bit of a cringe... it's all part of it! With some pitches, I look back with the gift of hindsight and am glad they never went anywhere. Some pitches haunt me and I feel so bitter that they're wasting away in a word document on my laptop. That's all part of it too! I pitched as recently as this week and I hope I can share some NEW work with you soon 🤞🥰 (*These 40 email chains don't include the 20 minimum articles I wrote for my Uni magazine, as they were communicated through my old Uni email!) ▪️▪️▪️ #WriterLife #FreelanceWriterLife #AmPitching #AustralianWriters #WritersBlock #AusWritersOfInstagram #Explore #OpinionPiece
Literary agent Melissa Danaczko recommends practice pitches--and we've got practice pitch sessions at Agent Fest Online 2023! Register now and you can pitch (for real!) to three agents. https://conta.cc/3YW1jTD #AgentFestOnline2023 #agentfest #pitchfest #ampitching #literaryagent #literaryagents #ampublishing #amquerying #publishing #pitching #querying #queryletters #querylettercritique #firstpages #firstpageread #MWW
Here's the first of our Q&A with #MWWAgentFestOnline23 faculty. First up: Savannah Brooks! Register now and join us Nov 1 - 4! https://conta.cc/45JJ3iH #ampitching #amquerying #firstpageread #agentfest #pitchfest #writingtips #writinginspiration #writingcommunity #ampublishing #queries #queryletters #queryletter #querylettercritique #firstpagecritique #publishing #literaryagents #literaryagent #agentinterview
When are you ready to pitch? Literary Agent Savannah Brooks weighs in. Learn more from her--and pitch to her--at #MWWAgentFestOnline23. Register now and join us Nov 1 - 4! https://conta.cc/44ikgkJ #ampitching #amquerying #firstpageread #agentfest #pitchfest #writingtips #writinginspiration #writingcommunity #ampublishing #queries #queryletters #queryletter #querylettercritique #firstpagecritique #publishing #literaryagents #literaryagent #agentinterview
Literary Agent Savannah Brooks is teaching a session about First Pages, and there will be nightly First Page Reads at #MWWAgentFestOnline23. Register now and join us Nov 1 - 4! https://conta.cc/3E8Q4Of #ampitching #amquerying #firstpageread #agentfest #pitchfest #writingtips #writinginspiration #writingcommunity #ampublishing #queries #queryletters #queryletter #querylettercritique #firstpagecritique #publishing #literaryagents #literaryagent #agentinterview