Pitching to Agents and Publishers

The July meeting of the Maryland Writers Association Baltimore Chapter will be this Monday July 23 at 7 p.m. and will be held at BlueHouse Cafe, 1407 Fleet Street, in Fells Point. Map and directions are here.

Christine Stewart shares her secrets for perfecting your pitch to agents and publishers.Â Christine is a fiction writer, poet, writer-in-residence at the Creative Alliance, instructor of the Write Here, Write Now workshops, and a founding co-sponsor of the MWA Baltimore Chapter.Â (Not to mention a nice person and good friend.)

Pitching is one of the most important business skills a writer can develop, and Chris has a lot of experience to share.

Come and join us this Monday!Â The meeting is free for members, and first-time guests, or $5 for returning guests.

In the meantime, here are two articles from another expert in the publishing industry, my friend Ally Peltier, as published in Writers Weekly â€“ the worldâ€™s largest freelance writing ezine.

The Care and Feeding of Editorial Assistants:

http://www.writersweekly.com/this_weeks_article/003955_03212007.html

Begin at the Beginning: Choosing the Right Sample Chapters for Agent
Submissions:

http://www.writersweekly.com/this_weeks_article/004125_06272007.htmlÂ

Comments: 13

Luna Rushdi Jul 21, 2007, 2:27pm UTC

Hi Eric, thanks so much for this. I have always wanted to be a published author, but don't have a clue about marketing my work. I am sure a lot of gather members are on the same boat as myself. The links to the articles are really helpful as well and thanks for introducing me to Writers Weekly.

I wish I could join Chris's meeting but unfortunately, being in NZ makes it hard to attend! Would you publish an article about this for the non US people? I would really look forward to it.

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ELLEN B. Jul 21, 2007, 3:28pm UTC

Thanks for the kind invitation,and I hope those in your area can get there. I am like a lot of fellow "Gatherer's," and hope someday to write something really good, and keep doing it. We are fortunate on this site to have so much talent, so many different fields, I often cannot believe my luck in finding "Gather." And that does not come close to the people you get to become so familiar with, and those you depend on for their opinion, and the friends you make. Thanks for the links, I know all will appreciate them. Ellen B.

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Susan Kelley Jul 21, 2007, 3:30pm UTC

Thanks for the links. I'm checking out the ezine.

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aniko Jul 21, 2007, 4:39pm UTC

The extra backslash is making the second link 404. (Though it's easy to find the article if we just erase it from the location bar.)

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Eric D. Goodman Jul 21, 2007, 4:56pm UTC

Aniki, O'm not sure where that extra backslash came from, but it's been slashed! Thanks for the catch.

And thanks, everyone, for the comments.

Hope all the locals can make it.

And yes, Luna, I plan to write something based on Chris's presentation -- you won't miss out!

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