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  by Nibs 7 months ago

  The Festival of Writing.
  I very much enjoyed it. Utterly exhausted me so today, after walking skip I'm settle, cuddled up on sofa with cwtchy planket ready for the grand prix which I'm expecting to fall asleep during.
  My book doctor session with Debi Alpa was very useful considering 15 mins is over in a blink, but the slush pile event had an opposite opinion. So I've learned quite a lot from event. Think I'll just blog it. :o)
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  by Nibs 7 months ago

  I'm going. Taxi to cardiff by 6am then taxi from Victoria to venue. See how I last the day. Taxi back to victoria.
  All money put aside for it. Now all I need to do is screw my head on straight and sort myself out.
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  by The WordCloud 8 months ago

  You are right! For slushpile live we ask that you send us (i) covering letter, (ii) synopsis, and/or (iii) the opening page of your manuscript.
  
  For your book doctor submission we require:
  A draft covering letter to an agent
  A synopsis
  Your opening chapter (up to 4000 words)
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  by philcolbourn 8 months ago

  Am I right in thinking that submission of material for a Book Doctor review is different to and separate from submission for the Slushpile Live? Yes?
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  by Tenacityflux 8 months ago

  I would love to come, it's all up to Lloyds bank to cough up, will ring them tomorrow....
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  by Old Fat Prop 8 months ago

  £185 sounds very reasonable and good value.
  
  Can I have a receipt saying it was for welding supplies?
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  by The WordCloud 8 months ago

  The cost is £185. Ticket price includes a 15 min book doctor review, a £30 money off voucher, £5 off Getting Published book, Lunch, refreshments, etc and an evening launch party with wine.
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  by Old Fat Prop 8 months ago

  Out of the country until 14 Oct. so can't confirm attendance.
  Looks very interesting.
  What is the cost of this event?
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  by The WordCloud 8 months ago

  The Getting Published Event
  All you know on earth and all you need to know
  
  Programme
  
  09.30 - Registration & coffee. Desk open from 9.00
  
  10.00 - Keynote address
  PUBLISHING IN THE 21ST CENTURY
  Caroline Dawnay, United Agents
  
  10.45 - Getting Published Boot Camp
  
  IS YOUR MANUSCRIPT READY TO SEND OUT? - with Debi Alper
  • Self-checking your prose
  • Self-checking your story
  • Understanding the market
  
  11.15 - Morning coffee
  
  11.45 - APPROACHING AGENTS - With Harry Bingham
  • Planning your approach to agents.
  • The submission package
  • Three chapters
  • Covering letter
  • Synopsis
  Publishing for Success
  
  PUBLICITY FOR AUTHORS - Annabel Robinson, FMcM Associates
  • Why traditional publicity matters
  • What's involved
  • What you can do for maximum impact
  
  CREATE YOUR OWN DIGITAL PUBLICITY - Harry Bingham
  • Why digital publicity matters
  • Why it's up to you, not your publisher
  • Basics of digital publicity
  
  SELF PUBLISHING - Jeremy Thompson, Matador
  • When is self-publishing appropriate?
  • What you need to know about self-pub
  
  13.30 - Networking Lunch
  
  14.30 - Approaching Agents and Publishers
  Q&A with a panel consisting of:
  • David Headley, DHH literary agency
  • Penny Holroyde, Caroline Sheldon literary agency
  • Juliet Mushens, PFD
  • Publisher, name to be confirmed
  
  15.30 - Afternoon coffee break
  
  16.00 - SLUSHPILE LIVE - with David Headley, Penny Holroyde, Juliet Mushens, Harry Bingham, Emma Darwin, Publisher tbc
  • Delegates are invited to presubmit one or all of the following
  (i) a draft covering letter to an agent,
  (ii) a synopsis,
  (iii) the opening page of their manuscript
  • This material will be reviewed live by the panel, with comments and suggestions for improvement
  • It is not compulsory to submit your work.
  • For more info, see "Slushpile Live" info below.
  
  17.00-17.30 Wrap up and close
  
  
  
  Slushpile Live - further info
  
  Agents may well receive 50 unsolicited manuscripts a week. With each submission, they have to make a rapid, commercially driven decision about whether to (A) reject the MS immediately, (B) read the submission package, but then reject it, or (C) read the submission package, then ask to read the full MS.
  
  Slushpile Live is there to show you how agents & publishers make those decisions - and there to show you how YOU can make sure your manuscript is not one of those rejected. Here's how the process works:
  
  If you want, you can submit your work for review at the event.
  To do so, just email us your (i) covering letter, (ii) synopsis, and/or (iii) the opening page of your manuscript.
  Email us at info@writersworkshop.co.uk no later than 1 October. You should send your work as a single email attachment in .doc, .docx or .pdf format.
  We will select some of this material to be read out live at the Slushpile Live event. (We'll make copies, so everyone will have the relevant material in front of them. We will also divide the audience into two groups, to make the event more intimate.)
  Then each selected person will read their work out loud and the agents / authors / publishers on the panel will be asked for instant feedback & comment.
  Please note that if your work is selected for review, your work will be commented on in public. If you don't want this, then don't send us your work! You'll still get absolutely masses from the event whether your work is reviewed or not. We also cannot guarantee to review all work that is submitted to us: we try to review a good, representative range of material.