Although we are meeting in person, we will also provide a Zoom link to those who Register.
Imagine writing a book based on your favorite movie, TV show, or video game and getting paid to do it!
Media tie-in and work-for-hire opportunities are growing by leaps and bounds and can offer fun and often lucrative opportunities for writers at all stages of their careers—if you know how to find them.
Award winning Disney author Mari Mancusi will take you behind the scenes and explain how work-for-hire and media tie-in writing works, the pros and cons for authors, as well as what opportunities are out there and how you might take advantage of them.
She will also be signing her newly released Disney novel, The Nightmare Before Christmas Twisted Tale: Sally’s Lament.
Mari Mancusi is an Emmy award winning former TV news producer and author of more than thirty books for kids, teens and adults. Her bestselling series have been awarded spots on major state reading lists (including the Texas Bluebonnet and Florida's Sunshine State lists) and have been featured selections in the Scholastic Book Fairs and clubs. She also writes tie-in novels for Disney Press (Frozen, Nightmare Before Christmas) and Netflix (Wednesday). In addition to writing, Mari is a world traveler, horror fan, and gamer. She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, daughter and two dogs.
About Sally's Lament:
Disney’s New York Times best-selling A Twisted Tale series meets perennial fan-favorite The Nightmare Before Christmas, asking “What if Sally discovered Christmas Town instead of Jack?”
Sally has mostly loved her creepy hometown of Halloween Town. But lately, she can't help but want something more. In a place full of the frightening, you'd think living in the shadows wouldn't feel so . . . isolating. She knows she could do so much more if she wasn't always stuck in the lab of her creator, Dr. Finkelstein. Soon Sally is surprised to learn that the Pumpkin King, Jack, is longing for a change of his own. Determined to find a solution for them both, Sally follows a vision that could be the key to changing their fates.
But the more time Sally spends in the strange, jolly land of Christmas Town, the more suspicious she grows of the seemingly idyllic winter wonderland. What is lurking behind those dancing sugar plums? And what exactly does it mean to be put on the Naughty List? Will Sally be able to save the best of both towns—before it's too late?
The meeting starts at 10am. However, if you can not make it in person due to distance or health, we will do our best to stream it live on Zoom. Please register to get the zoom link in your My Events section of your SCBWI account. This meeting is open (and free!) to both paid Members and Registered Users. If you have questions during the presentation, please put them in the Zoom chat.
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Saturday, October 12, 2024 10:00AM CST
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