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Saturday, May 19, How to Write a Winning Query Letter - And Get Your Book Published

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Designed to build on Sharon Faelten’s presentation “Keys to the Perfect Book Pitch,” this hands-on workshop will show writers how to pitch their nonfiction book proposals to editors, agents, or publishers.

Based on her extensive experience as an acquisitions editor for Rodale, Inc., Sharon will guide writers through multiple drafts of a strong pitch letter, from the proper salutation to a professional closing.

Writer will learn about all-too-common “query killing” mistakes to avoid, and hear tips for polishing a pitch and preparing for an agent or editor meeting.

Customized to each participant’s book concept, the workshop will focus on the key elements of every pitch letter, paragraph by paragraph. Participants are encouraged to send a draft of their query letter to Sharon ahead of time (must be received at least one week prior to the class) for review and discussion during the workshop.

As a bonus, Sharon will provide follow-up advice (one phone consultation and one light query edit) to participants who complete the workshop.

Where: At the Brownell Library, Essex Junction.

When: Saturday, 12:30 -- 3:30 pm

Fee: $40 for League members: $45 for Nonmembers.

Class is limited to ten students, so don't delay.

TO REGISTER ONLINE: Click on the "Sign Up Today" box on this page and register with PayPal, or ...

TO REGISTER BY MAIL [***see corrected Zip Code here!***, call the registrar to confirm space in class: (802) 349-7475. Then send name, address, phone number and email address along with a check made out to "League of Vermont Writers" to: LVW Query Writing Workshop, PO Box 172, Underhill Center, VT 05490.

About Sharon Faelten: A former editor at Rodale, Inc., Sharon acquired and developed health and lifestyle books targeted to readers of Prevention magazine, Men's Health, Runner's World, and other Rodale magazines. She signed book projects by Dr. Andrew Weil, Olympic marathon runner Joan Benoit Samuelson, and television fitness personality Denise Austin, among other authors. Sharon wrote marketing plans for all acquired titles and publicized books in national media, including QVC, the TV Food Network, "Good Day New York," and "Fox on Health."

Sharon is a former vice-president of the League of Vermont Writers, where she led a number of publishing workshops and panel discussions. She currently serves as Production Services Group Leader at Dartmouth Journal Services, a subsidiary of The Sheridan Group, serving the scientific, medical, technical, and scholarly publication industry.

Saturday, June 9, Developing a Writer's Craft Workshop for Fiction and Creative Nonfiction

Spend a day with your writing peers and instructor Linda Cruise on Saturday, June 9, for an intensive workshop on literary writing at the Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes. Bring pen and paper and be prepared for practice writing!

Participants in this four-hour workshop will gain a deeper understanding of critical literary story elements, including: plot, conflict, characterization, setting, point-of-view, story structure, and narrative form.

Vermont author and instructor Linda Cruise, MFA, MA, has designed the workshop for any fiction or creative nonfiction (CNF) writer interested in improving crafting skills. Good narrative results whenever the writer can captivate a reader’s imagination through the conscious and calculated use of story elements such as dramatic tension, voice, character development, plot, setting, or conflict.

Come to the Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes on Saturday, June 9, to develop your skills in crafting fiction and creative nonfiction story-telling.

The workshop fee is $45 for League of Vermont Writers’ members, and $50 for non-members.

To register, please contact Paula Diaco at 802-343-5684, or click on the "Sign Up Today" box in the right hand column of this page to register using PayPal.

Register now and spend the day with us!

Saturday, April 28, 2012 LVW Spring Program

Our Spring Program at the Franklin Conference Center at the Howe Center in Rutland was a super event!

  • Jo Knowles gave a mini writing workshop on writing powerful first pages
  • Holly Johnson, Kathy Howard, and Lin Stone from Wind Ridge Publishing in Shelburne talked about their publishing house
  • Sharon Faelten taught about Premise, Promise, and Platform -- three necessary elements of the successful query letter

Thank you to all our presenters and to the 50+ League members in attendance. You all contributed to another fine day among our writing community.

Soon to be posted in this space: information about our upcoming workshops -- save the dates:

May 19, Sharon Faelten on writing effective queries

June 9, Linda Cruise on taking your literary fiction and creating nonfiction to the next level

July 21, Writers Meet Agents, in Burlington

 


 

 

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THE VERMONT TRADITION grapples energetically with the basic problem of human conduct...how to reconcile the needs of the group, of which every man or woman is a member,..with the craving for individual freedom to be what he really is.

—Dorothy Canfield Fisher, 1953