Registration Open for our 2025 Winter Webinars

Monday, January 13, 2025 Leaving Room for the Editor with literary agent Elise Howard SUBMISSION SHINE 2025: ONLINE CRITIQUE INTENSIVE PARTICIPANTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERED FOR THIS EVENT!! Webinar Description: Join literary agent and former editor Elise Howard as she discusses the process of working with your agent on readying your work for submission. Topics to be covered will include: · What’s an editorial agent? · Submitting to an editorial agent · Finding the right editorial agent for you · Revising for submission · Ready for submission? · What exactly is “room for the editor”? · The agent’s role after the book is sold. After laying the groundwork for the subject, we will make the session as interactive as possible, in order to answer participants’ most pressing questions about the agent/author relationship and to help make your search for an agent, editorial or otherwise, as productive as possible. For more information or to register: https://www.scbwi.org/events/webinar-leaving-room-for-the-editor-with-literary-agent-elise-howard Monday, March 3, 2025 The Power of Novels in Verse with editor Julie Bliven Explore excerpts from published middle-grade and young adult novels in verse to examine elements and choices that create powerful impact. Consider ways to make your own poetry come together to make a satisfying and striking overarching story. A limited number of MG/YA Novel in Verse OR PB manuscript/dummy critiques available at an additional cost. For more information or to register: https://www.scbwi.org/events/webinar-the-power-of-novels-in-verse-with-editor-julie-bliven Thursday, March 13, 2025 On Dialogue: Distinguishing Characters Through Speech with literary agent Taj McCoy Whether you are writing an epic fantasy with dynamic world building, a suspenseful thriller, a creepy horror, a dramatic family saga, a charming romance, or an otherworldly adventure, it is important to build characters who are complex and distinct. Each character has a backstory and personality that provides them with dimension, and that character's background should influence how they communicate and connect with others. In this workshop, we'll talk about the different ways we can enhance a character's voice through dialogue and other forms of communication. A limited number of MG & YA critiques are available at an additional cost. For more information or to register: https://www.scbwi.org/events/webinar-on-dialogue-distinguishing-characters-through-speech-with-literary-agent-taj-mccoy