Winter 2003 Workshops at Writers & Books

Editing, Writing and the Publishing Business

Putting Your Publishing Package Together

• W3-118
• Instructor: Camy Sorbello [ bio ]
• Saturday, January 18, 10 am–12 pm
• $22 W&B Members/$29 General Public
• Limit: 15

Your synopsis and query are a good start—but what about the cover letter? And how do you present your manuscript to the editor or agent? And what kind of mailer is proper?

This informative workshop will take out all the guesswork and supply you with plenty of confidence as you wave goodbye to your publishing package, secure in the knowledge that it is exactly how the publishing world should receive it.

The Dreaded Query Letter

• W3-176
• Instructor: Sarah Freligh [ bio ]
• Wednesday, March 12, 6:30–8:30 pm
• $22 W&B Members/$29 General Public
• Limit: 15

A query letter is a letter of introduction. It is a first impression that you cannot take back once it hits the mailbox. If it’s not dressed properly, if its hair isn’t combed or its suit isn’t dry cleaned, you won’t get that second look.

This short yet invaluable workshop will dress up that dreaded query letter and almost insure that your material will get that second look. What follows is up to you.

The Equally Dreaded Synopsis

• W3-178
• Instructor: Darby Knox [ bio ]
• Thursday, March 27, 6:30–8:30 pm
• $22 W&B Members/$29 General Public
• Limit: 15

You’ve heard it before: the synopsis is harder to write than the book itself. Why is that? And what can you do to make your synopsis as exciting and as succinct as possible? These are just a few of the questions aspiring writers ask about the dreaded synopsis.

Bring your questions to this special two-hour workshop and leave with the ability to make the synopsis work for you and not against you.

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