Manitoba Writers Guild
ArtSpace Boardroom, 424-100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg, MB
Are you interested in getting published but aren’t sure of the process? In this full-day Master Class, Marjorie DeLuca will walk you through the steps you’ll need to get your manuscript to a publisher, whether you want to self-publish, or send it to a large or small traditional publisher, a magazine or you are simply interested in submitting your story to a contest.
The morning will be the information session covering the main steps:
1) Is your manuscript ready?
2) Traditional or self-publishing?
3) Publishing with or without an agent pros and cons
4) Traditional publishing without an agent
5) Traditional publishing with an agent
6) Crafting the perfect Pitch or Query Letter
7) Querying etiquette
8) Agency contracts
9) What happens next?
10) Getting a book deal
The afternoon will be a workshopping session, where Marjorie will help you perfect your query letters. Once Participants register (https://mbwriters.ca/events/from-manuscript-to-publication-how-to-navigate-the-industry/), they should submit their draft query letter to the Guild email ([email protected]) so Marjorie can revue the letters ahead of time and provide critiques on how to improve them.
About the presenter:
M.M. DeLuca is the bestselling author of The Perfect Family Man, The Secret Sister and the critically acclaimed historical suspense novel, The Savage Instinct. Her latest novel, The Night Side, was recently published by Severn House.
She spent her childhood in the beautiful cathedral city of Durham, which has often appeared as a setting in her novels. She moved to Canada where she worked as a teacher and studied Advanced Creative Writing with Pulitzer Prizewinning author, Dr. Carol Shields.
She’s received many local arts council grants for her work. She loves writing in all genres, is an avid reader, an eager painter and loves golfing as well as getting outside for walks, even in the depths of winter. She enjoys teaching workshops on the writing process and loves to connect with readers at book clubs and writing events.
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