03/15/10 - 04/10/10 - Online Workshop: How to Construct a Killer Query by Vivi Anna

How to Construct a Killer Query by Vivi Anna
From Monday, March 15 2010 To Saturday, April 10 2010
Query letters are the keys to the publishing doors. They are usually the first contact a writer makes with a potential agent or even an editor. A killer query can open those lines of communication and grant an opportunity to the author to make that agent or editor perk up and take an interest in the author's work. Sometimes an author only gets one chance to make an impression. An author needs to make a good one with a killer query letter that showcases their story as unique but saleable. Write query letters as if you're trying to sell a movie to a Hollywood producer. Queries should be short, succinct and snappy. Like a logline for a movie, they should tell the uniqueness of the story in as few words as possible. Get that agent or editor to want more. Course outline: • examining movie loglines • examining high concept pitches • excavating the gems in your story • how to turn those gems into pitch worthy gold • crafting the query • editing your query • adding a good solid bio with or without credits • critiques of your finished product Ten lucky students will get an extra bonus at the end of the class. Agent Laura Bradford will read your queries and give you her thoughts on why it does or doesn't work. $30.00 Register Here Instructor: With ten books in print and several novellas and short stories in anthologies and ebook form, Vivi Anna has oodles of experience writing query letters that work. She's published with Silhouette Nocturne, Kensington, Avon, Ellora's Cave, Samhain and Loose ID. Before selling to New York, she'd written several screenplays and had all of them read by top Hollywood producers because of her skill of making an impression—with the killer query letter. Vivi's a recent Romantic Times Reviewer Choice Award winner and second time nominee for 2009. She's finaled and won several writing contests including the Golden Quill and the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. And in 2002 she made it to the top 10% of writers at the prestigious Screenwriting Expo in Los Angeles. "When Vivi Anna announced her first workshop, I immediately signed up. Not only was I a fan of her work, but I was also an author just getting my feet wet in the erotic romance industry. Throughout the informative workshop, Vivi Anna shared a multitude of resources, and taught with ease and confidence. I continue to use the many tools she provided to this very day. I wouldn't hesitate to sign up for another workshop with her. " ~Ann Cory, published with Samhain, Ellora's Cave, Liquid Silver, and Resplendence.
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Registration and Payment must be made no later than March 12th, 2010 CLASS SIZE IS LIMITED. REGISTER NOW!