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“Industry Guide to Publishing: Fiction” and “On Not Knowing Where to Begin” at the Muse and the Marketplace 2014

May 3, 2014 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

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1K: “Industry Guide to Publishing: Fiction” 9:00am-10:15am on Friday, May 2nd

Now more than ever you need to understand the inner workings of the marketplace before sending your hard-earned work of fiction to anyone (an agent, an editor, a publicist, a self-publisher). Do you know the difference between literary and commercial fiction? Or what makes your novel “up-market?” Is your novel “quiet,” and is that a bad thing? What’s the market for historical fiction, “category fiction,” short story collections, or books by male novelists about the male experience? Should you even try to categorize your work for agents and editors? Do fiction writers need a platform and, if so, how do you establish one? How much should you be tweeting? These and other timely questions will be answered by a quartet of agents with many years of experience in the business.
  • Katherine Fausset (Literary Agent)
  • Ayesha Pande (Literary Agent)
  • Adam Schear (Literary Agent)
  • Stéphanie Abou (Literary Agent)
  • Tim Horvath (Special Guest)

 

“On Not Knowing Where to Begin” May 3, 2014 2:30-3:30

We sometimes take for granted that stories have beginnings, middles, and endings, and that we should figure out which is which ASAP, since the opening is the foundation of the whole house. But what if that isn’t the case; suppose the struggle to find the first bit of thread of the story is itself part of the story? In this session, we’ll look at some stories about origins, ranging from a traditional Haida tale to the contemporary work of Kyle Minor, Claire Vaye Watkins, Italo Calvino, and Taiye Selasi, and look at a clip from the film “City of God.” We’ll see how complicated beginnings are, and revel in the fun of throwing “once upon a time” to the winds.

Type: Lecture and Discussion Class

 

 

Details

Date:
May 3, 2014
Time:
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Venue

Boston Park Plaza Hotel–Gloucester Room, Fourth Floor
50 Park Plaza at Arlington Street
Boston, MA United States

Organizer

GrubStreet
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