October Workshop with Jonathan Maberry

PITCH & SELL NOVELS, COMICS, SHORT STORIES, AND MORE!

This two-hour presentation will show you how to prep and pitch any kind of writing, and how to start racking up the sales that will bring in cash and build your career.

We will cover a lot of ground, including:

• THE QUERY LETTER: new forms and strategies
• THE VERBAL PITCH: how to make a face-to-face pitch fun and successful
• SELLING SHORT STORIES: Finding and pitching to magazine and anthology markets
• SELLING COMICS: How to prep a pitch, where to find editors, and what materials you need
• PITCHING TIPS AND GAMES: How you and your writer friends can have fun preparing to meet agents and editors
• TALKING POINTS: How to identify those story elements that make a pitch come alive
• HOLLYWOOD PITCHES: Everything from how to craft a presentation/pitch deck to finding a book-to-film agent.
• THE MARKET: How and where to learn about the changes in the market and newly opened doors!

And much more!

Bio

JONATHAN MABERRY is a New York Times best-seller, five-time Bram Stoker Award-winner, anthology editor, comic book writer, executive producer, magazine feature writer, playwright, and writing teacher/lecturer. He is the editor of Weird Tales Magazine and president of the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. He is the recipient of the Inkpot Award, three Scribe Awards, and was named one of the Today’s Top Ten Horror Writers. His books have been sold to more than thirty countries. He writes in several genres including thriller, horror, science fiction, epic fantasy, and mystery; and he writes for adults, middle grade, and young adult.