"Ready to Be Published: A Real-World Workshop"
November 1 & 2, 2007
Camden Public Library, Picker Room

The Maine Literary Festival is expanding its highly acclaimed weekend festival to include a writers' workshop that both published and aspiring writers will want to attend. The workshop faculty features editorial expert Sara Nelson, book editor Alexis Gargagliano, and award-winning literary agent Wendy Weil. Magazine expert Judith Daniels is facilitator.

The two-day program covers preparing your materials; seeking the right outlet; demystifying the magazine masthead; approaching agents; what editors want, what editors dread; identifying the right pitch; crafting the persuasive cover letter; getting magazine assignments; networking and keeping up contacts. Group discussions and personal consultations will occur and attendees will be asked to provide in advance of their arrival a short story, a sample chapter from a book or a non-fiction article for the faculty to critique.

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Wendy Weil

Wendy Weil is the President of The Wendy Weil Agency, Inc. She is the recipient of a Matrix Award from New York Women in Communications, Inc., has been Literary Vice President of the Association of Authors' Representatives, President of the Women's Media Group and Clerk of the Alumni Association of Friends Seminary. The Wendy Weil Agency, Inc. is a full-service literary agency that handles approximately 100 authors, among them Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Award winners, New York Times bestsellers, authors of literary and commercial fiction, memoirists, journalists, health care experts, and groundbreaking social activists.

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