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SUMMARY:AWN May Meeting: The State of the Publishing Industry With  Super-Agent Alia Hanna Habib
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 15 at Bonfire Coffee from 6:30-8:30 p.m. \nThe State of the Publishing Industry With  Super-Agent Alia Hanna Habib \nThird Thursday – May 15\, at Bonfire Coffee (433 Main St.\, Carbondale)\, 6:30-8:30 p.m. \nAlia Hanna Habib is a literary agent and Vice President at The Gernert Company\, which she joined in 2017 after starting her publishing career as a publicist at HMH and working as an agent at McCormick Literary.  \nAmong the New York Times-bestselling and prize-winning clients she represents are Clint Smith\, Nikole Hannah-Jones and the New York Times’ 1619 Project Book Series\, Nathan Thrall\, Merve Emre\, Adam Serwer\, Judy Batalion\, and Hanif Abdurraqib. Her authors have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize\, the National Book Critics Circle Award\, and the LA Times Book Prize\, among many others\, and have been shortlisted for the Edgar Awards\, PEN Awards and National Book Award. \nShe is on the board of n+1 literary magazine and on the creative council of Aspen Words. She was profiled by New York Magazine for their special issue on “The 49 Most Powerful New Yorkers (You’ve Never Heard Of).” \nBECOME A MEMBER 
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/awn-may-meeting-state-of-publishing-industry/
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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SUMMARY:AWN April Meeting: Pitch Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Connect With Your Writer Muses & Empower Your Writing \nThursday\, April 17 at Bonfire Coffee from 6:30-8:30 p.m. \nPerfect Your Pitch a.k.a. Find the Heart of Your Story  \nThird Thursday – April 17\, at Bonfire Coffee (433 Main St.\, Carbondale)\, 6:30-8:30 p.m. \nNot sure why you need to pitch a story if it’s not even finished yet? Identifying and being able to clearly articulate the heart of your story is key to writing and finishing your book\, as well as selling it (to a publisher or the public). This workshop will help you tighten up your narrative arc to make your story more readable and more publishable. Members will have the chance to workshop their projects. \nThis workshop will also help you feel confident about entering a conversation with an agent or editor at the Summer Words writers conference. \nBECOME A MEMBER 
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/awn-april-meeting-pitch-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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SUMMARY:AWN March Meeting: Memoir workshop with Marcia Butler
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the AWN third Thursday\, March meeting\, featuring a special memoir workshop with acclaimed author Marcia Butler. This interactive session will explore the art of personal storytelling\, offering insights on structure\, voice and crafting compelling narratives from real-life experiences. Whether you’re just beginning your memoir or refining a work-in-progress\, this workshop will provide valuable tools and inspiration. \nConnect With Your Writer Muses & Empower Your Writing \nThursday\, February 20 at Bonfire Coffee from 6:30-8:30 p.m. \nBECOME A MEMBER 
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/awn-meeting-thursday-march-20/
LOCATION:Bonfire Coffee\, 433 Main St.\, Carbondale\, Colorado\, 81623
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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SUMMARY:AWN Meeting Thursday February 20
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] \nA very special in-person workshop this Thursday\, the 20th – What Prose Writers Can Learn From Screen Writers \nIn this in-person workshop\, scriptwriter and novelist Scott Lasser will teach you the four main skills prose writers can learn from scriptwriters: structure\, scene writing\, concision\, and dialogue. He will also share how the game is played in Hollywood. Attached are the support materials for the workshop. From Scott:  \n“Here’s a 17-page pdf that we’ll use for reference on the 20th. It’s mostly snippets of scripts and outlines that we’ll use to discuss various points and skills. They don’t need to read it ahead of time\, BUT…if they take a look at the David Mamet memo (pages 7-11)\, they’ll likely find it useful.” \n\nScott Lasser is a scriptwriter\, novelist\, and journalist. He has written pilots for Sony and Fox\, among others. He developed Jackson State for HBO\, a project set in the world of amateur baseball and the opioid epidemic. He’s also written for HBO’s True Detective. Lasser’s first novel (Battle Creek/William Morrow) was optioned by Scott Rudin/Paramount; Lasser wrote an adaption of his fourth novel\, Say Nice Things About Detroit (Norton)\, for Warner Brothers and Steve Carell’s Carousel Productions. His journalism has appeared in the New Yorker\, the New York Times\, and elsewhere. \nConnect With Your Writer Muses & Empower Your Writing \nThursday\, February 20 at Bonfire Coffee from 6:30-8:30 p.m. \nBECOME A MEMBER [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/awn-meeting-thursday-february-20/
LOCATION:Bonfire Coffee\, 433 Main St.\, Carbondale\, Colorado\, 81623
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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SUMMARY:AWN: Holiday Party
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, December 19 at Bonfire Coffee Company (433 Main Street\, Carbondale\, CO 81623) 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. \nJoin us for a festive and fun gathering. Choose a beloved book from your shelf to share with other members\, or support a local business by visiting White River Books in Carbondale\, Bookbinders in Basalt\, or Explore Booksellers in Aspen to purchase one. Dedicate the book with your most valuable piece of writing advice\, and wrap it up to share at the exchange. Refreshments provided.
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/awn-holiday-party/
LOCATION:Bonfire Coffee\, 433 Main St.\, Carbondale\, Colorado\, 81623
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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SUMMARY:AWN: Fairytales with Kim Bussing | Third Thursday in November
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 21 at Bonfire Coffee Company (433 Main Street\, Carbondale\, CO 81623) 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. \nKim Bussing will ask AWN members to look at the psychology and craft of fairy tales to sharpen your manuscript\, weave magic into both the fantastic and the mundane\, and overcome roadblocks for captivating stories. \nCRAFT TALK DESCRIPTION \nFairy tales are the most honest forms of storytelling. Through magic and metaphor\, they confront what is otherwise unspeakable. Many of the stories we tell are built off the bones of fairy tales\, from how we imagine characters\, create intrigue\, conjure settings\, and confront what haunts us. Whether you’re writing memoir or science fiction\, a children’s novel or a sweeping multigenerational drama\, the tenets of fairy tales are integral to our approach to stories. This class will look at the psychology and craft of fairy tales to sharpen your manuscript\, weave magic into both the fantastic and the mundane\, and overcome roadblocks for captivating stories. It will both teach elements of craft while providing opportunities to generate new work in your prose genre of choice. \n  \nABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR \nKim Bussing is an author of fairy tales for children and adults. Her first series\, The Princess Swap\, is forthcoming from Penguin Random House beginning in 2025. Her short fiction has won several grants and awards\, and she’s helped tell stories for brands including Hilton\, Marriott\, Audi\, and more. She holds an MFA from the University of Arizona\, where she taught creative writing and was co-editor of Sonora Review. She regularly speaks on the power of storytelling\, leads creative workshops\, and coaches writers and entrepreneurs. \nEmail Mallory Kaufman for more information on becoming a member.
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/awn-member-reading-with-feedback/
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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SUMMARY:AWN: 45 Ways to Turn up the Tension with April Henry | Third Thursday October
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 17 at Bonfire Coffee (433 Main St Carbondale)\, 6:30-8:30 p.m. \nJoin AWN for 45 Ways to Turn up the Tension: no matter what genre you’re writing\, these 45 powerful and proven techniques will make readers feel like the pages are flying by. \nTaught by April Henry\, the New York Times bestselling author of 29 mysteries and thrillers for teens and adults. \nABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: \n \nEdgar-award winning and New York Times-bestselling author April Henry knows how to kill you in a two-dozen different ways. She makes up for a peaceful childhood in an intact home by killing off fictional characters. There was one detour on April’s path to destruction:  when she was 12 she sent a short story about a six-foot tall frog who loved peanut butter to noted children’s author Roald Dahl. He liked it so much he showed it to his editor\, who asked if she could publish it in Puffin Post\, an international children’s magazine. By the time April was in her 30s\, she had started writing about hit men\, kidnappers\, and drug dealers. She has published 29 mysteries and thrillers for teens and adults\, with more to come. She is known for meticulously researching her novels to get the details right. \nEmail Mallory Kaufman for more information on becoming a member.
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/awn-tbd-2/
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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SUMMARY:2024 Fall Writing Workshop with Mary Robinette Kowal (Two Workshops in One)
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, October 6th\, 9am to 4pm (with a 1-hour lunch break). Mary Robinette Kowal will be teaching two of her most popular topics: \n Hiding Exposition in Plain Sight \nIn this workshop\, we learn how to give our readers all the information they need to know about the setting we created\, without drowning them in information. Together we learn the art of subtly expositing without showing our authorial hand. \nEndings: How to Wrap Things Up  \nVery often\, writers get to the two-thirds mark in a work and bog down\, sometimes abandoning it to move on to something shinier. Why does this happen? It’s a place at which we move from raising questions for the reader to needing to answer them. This change in mode requires a different set of tools than the beginning of a story\, while needing to appear part of a seamless whole. In this workshop\, we’ll look at how to wrap up loose ends\, decide which things we can leave dangling\, and what elements make a strong closing sentence. \nGeneral Admission: $95 | AWN Member: $35 \n \n  \nLearn more about the Aspen Writers Network (AWN) \nand become a member today!  \nABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR\nMary Robinette Kowal is the author of The Spare Man\,The Glamourist Histories series\, Ghost Talkers\, and the Lady Astronaut Universe. She is part of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses and has received the Astounding Award for Best New Writer\, four Hugo awards\, the Nebula and Locus awards. Her stories appear in Asimov’s\, Uncanny\, and several Year’s Best anthologies. Mary Robinette\, a professional puppeteer\, also performs as a voice actor (SAG/AFTRA)\, recording fiction for authors including Seanan McGuire\, Cory Doctorow\, and John Scalzi. She lives in Nashville with her husband Rob and over a dozen manual typewriters. Visit maryrobinettekowal.com.
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/2024-fall-writing-workshop-with-mary-robinette-kowal-two-workshops-in-one/
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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SUMMARY:AWN: Member Reading with Feedback
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 19 at Bonfire Coffee (433 Main St Carbondale)\, 6:30-8:30 p.m. \nThis month’s meeting is one of the more important ones in our schedule. It provides the opportunity for you to support your fellow writers and/or be supported. We will be having member readings with optional feedback. Refreshments provided. \nReading Rules: \nReadings are 4 minutes max (yes\, we enforce this). Please practice and time yourself. \nConstructive feedback (1 minute max) per reviewer = what you liked best + one area you suggest the writer take another look at. \nEmail Mallory Kaufman for more information on becoming a member.
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/awn-tbd/
LOCATION:Bonfire Coffee\, 433 Main St.\, Carbondale\, Colorado\, 81623
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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SUMMARY:AWN: Self Publishing Panel
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URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/awn-self-publishing-panel/
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20240718T183000
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SUMMARY:AWN: Summer Soiree
DESCRIPTION:AWN members join us for the Summer Soiree! Enjoy heavy appetizers\, AWN’s new signature “Working Title” cocktail\, a magic show by Doc Eason and an open mic.  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/awn-summer-soiree/
LOCATION:Village Smithy\, 26 S 3rd St.\, Carbondale\, CO\, 81623\, United States
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20240620T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20240620T203000
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SUMMARY:AWN: Writing Prompts
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URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/awn-writing-prompts/
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20240618T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20240618T203000
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SUMMARY:AWN: Summer soiree and open mic at the Village Smithy Restaurant
DESCRIPTION:Details to come!
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/awn-summer-soiree-and-open-mic-at-the-village-smithy-restaurant/
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20240516T183000
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SUMMARY:AWN: State of the Publishing Industry
DESCRIPTION:Kevin Larimer\, Editor in Chief of Poets & Writers magazine\, will be in-person at this meeting to discuss the state of the publishing industry in 2024. He is also the coauthor of The Poets & Writers Complete Guide to Being a Writer: Everything You Need to Know About Craft\, Inspiration\, Agents\, Editors\, Publishing\, and the Business of Building a Sustainable Writing Career (Avid Reader Press\, 2020). He has given presentations and appeared on a number of panels on publishing at events such as the Library of Congress National Book Festival\, the Sozopol Fiction Seminars\, the Anguilla Lit Fest\, the Slice Literary Writer’s Conference\, the Iceland Writers Retreat\, the Kauai Writers Conference\, the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference\, Poets Forum\, the Bronx Book Fair\, and the Writer’s Hotel.
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/awn-state-of-the-publishing-industry/
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20240321T183000
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SUMMARY:AWN: Local Bookstore Panel
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n  \nLocal Bookstore Panel \nThursday\, March 21 @ 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.\nIn-Person at Bonfire Coffee Company (433 Main Street\, Carbondale\, CO 81623) \nLocal booksellers from BookBinders and White River Books will share their expertise for writers who hope to one day see their own work on the shelf. \nSnacks\, coffee\, tea\, beer and wine will be provided.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/awn-member-readings-with-optional-feedback/
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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SUMMARY:AWN: Nisi Shawl teaches Writing the Other
DESCRIPTION:Writing the Other: A Practical Approach has been the standard text on inclusivity in speculative fiction for over 20 years.  Its co-author Nisi Shawl teaches writers helpful tools for the work of respectfully representing characters differing from their creators’ race\, age\, gender\, etc.; they’ve previously appeared at Duke University\, Spelman College\, University of Hawaii Manoa and many other learning institutions.\n\nShawl is also a prolific short story author and multiple award-winning editor.  Their most recent publication is Kinning\, a sequel to their Nebula finalist alternate history Everfair.  They live in Seattle\, near a large lake filled with dangerous currents and millionaires.
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/awn-nisi-shawl-teaches-writing-the-other/
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20230930T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20230930T150000
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SUMMARY:Writing Workshop: Let the Writing Make the Rules – with Kate Milliken
DESCRIPTION:Join Aspen Words for a one-day intensive in Pitkin County Library’s Dunaway Community Room (120 N. Mill St. Aspen\, CO) led by author Kate Milliken. \nRegistration for this workshop is now closed\, all available spots have been filled. \nPlease reach out to Mallory.Kaufman@aspeninstitute.org to add your name to the waitlist. \nWORKSHOP DETAILS\nWhen we talk about (and teach) creative writing we often speak in terms of the rules of craft. While it is important to have a knowledge of what has worked time and again to create compelling stories\, in order to write a truly singular story you will need to move beyond convention. Often students of creative writing are so aware of how a story is supposed to be told that they fail to hear the wisdom that is already present in their own writing; its subtle whispers about how it wants to be told. In this one day intensive\, through close readings of unconventional narratives\, generative writing prompts\, and an in-depth discussion of our own projects\, we will deepen our understanding of the voice\, the shape\, and the themes that our work seeks to articulate. Whether you come to our meeting with just an idea of the story you want to tell or you have a full rough draft in your desk\, our time together will embolden you to take the next step—from getting the first pages written to embarking on a needed revision—with a deeper connection to the material and a greater authority\, moving you beyond crafting a story to making it your very own. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nKate Milliken is the Iowa Award winning author of the short story collection “If I’d Known You Were Coming” and the novel\, “Kept Animals\,” which was long listed for the 2020 First Novel Prize and hailed by the New York Times Book Review as a novel of “deft insights and gorgeous\, sensual description.” Kate has written television and commercial advertising and taught on behalf of UCLA\, the University of Michigan\, and The Center for Fiction. Her work has appeared in O\, the Oprah Magazine\, the Santa Monica Review\, Zyzzyva\, and Fiction\, among others and her work has been supported by Tin House\, the Vermont Studio Center\, Sewanee Writers Workshop\, and the Ragdale Foundation. Kate is currently a freelance editor and writing coach and she lives with her family in the Midwest.
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/writing-workshop-let-the-writing-make-the-rules-with-kate-milliken/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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SUMMARY:Workshop: The Magic of Sudden\, Micro and Flash: Very Short Stories led by Pam Painter
DESCRIPTION:ALL DAY SUNDAY\, OCT. 23 \n \nSunday\, Oct. 23 @ 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | \nIn-Person at Pitkin County Library (120 N Mill St\, Aspen) \nPam will be teaching the workshop in-person. Space is limited. \nAWN members receive a discount ($40 for AWN members; $90 for non-members). \nWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:  \nThis workshop will explore the elements of stories under 750 words.  To begin\, we’ll discuss the concept of the unstable situation.  Plot and conflict sit like boulders on these tiny stories although the tension in an unstable situation is the only drama necessary.  And because first sentences are windows into worlds\, we’ll write a lot of first sentences in a short amount of time.  Next\, we’ll experience the mystery and magic of prompts and how they arrive out of nowhere and immediately will conjure up six or seven new stories.  Then we’ll discover how the words “what if” can lead to startling ways to continue and even complete a story.  Finally\, we’ll ride some of these new story beginnings to satisfying ends. The class will be fast-paced and exciting and most of all productive.  I’ll send you home with a list of my favorite Flashanthologies and collections\, places to submit your work\, and inspiring quotes by writers to serve as future signposts.  We have a whole day to write.   A luxury.  Let’s do it.    \n All attendees must upload their proof of vaccination in advance on the ReturnSafe app. 
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/workshop-the-magic-of-sudden-micro-and-flash-very-short-stories-led-by-pam-painter-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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SUMMARY:Aspen Writers' Network Event: State of the Publishing Industry
DESCRIPTION:A literary agent for over 25 years\, with agencies like William Morris and the Gernert Company\, Stephanie Cabot will share her broad expertise with AWN while expounding on the current state of the publishing industry. She’ll specifically address how to market yourself as a writer and how to find the best possible agent for you. Cabot will leave plenty of time open to questions and has asked that members email a brief description of their writing to AW\, so she can tailor her remarks accordingly. AWN members should send those descriptions to Jamie Kravitz. \nABOUT STEPHANIE CABOTHalf French\, half American\, Stephanie was educated in Europe and in the U.S. where she majored in History at Harvard. Her agenting career began in London\, where she spent nine years at William Morris – London\, the last five as Managing Director where she built a list of international bestselling and prize-winning authors. She moved back to the States in 2005\, joined The Gernert Company\, and is now selectively adding writers from a variety of genres\, including commercial and literary fiction\, latte lit\, and non-fiction. She is especially interested in writers who tell original stories with strong narratives and create distinctive characters. Recent author publications include The Kindness of Enemies (Leila Aboulela – Grove)\, Magonia (Maria D. Headley – Harper Collins)\, Jade Dragon Mountain (Elsa Hart – Macmillan)\, The Secret Wisdom of the Earth (Christopher Scotton – Hachette)\,Vanessa and Her Sister (Priya Parmar – Random House\, We Are Called to Rise (Laura McBride – S&S)\, The Canterbury Sisters (Kim Wright – Gallery\, S&S)\, All the Old Knives (Olen Steinhauer – Minotaur)\, Hild (Nicola Griffith – FSG)\,  Paradise of The Pacific (Susanna Moore – FSG) and Babayaga (Toby Barlow – FSG).  In 2016\, authors she represents who will publish their work include: Mark Tompkins (Last Days of Magic – Viking Penguin )\,  Mindy Meija (Everything You Want Me To Be – Emily Bestler Books\, S&S)\, JoAnn Chaney (What You Don’t Know – Flatiron Books) and Martin Walker (Fatal Pursuit – Knopf). \n 
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/aspen-writers-network-event-state-of-the-publishing-industry/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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SUMMARY:Aspen Writers' Network Event: State of the Publishing Industry
DESCRIPTION:A literary agent for over 25 years\, with agencies like William Morris and the Gernert Company\, Stephanie Cabot will share her broad expertise with AWN while expounding on the current state of the publishing industry. She’ll specifically address how to market yourself as a writer and how to find the best possible agent for you. Cabot will leave plenty of time open to questions and has asked that members email a brief description of their writing to AW\, so she can tailor her remarks accordingly. AWN members should send those descriptions to Jamie Kravitz. \nABOUT STEPHANIE CABOTHalf French\, half American\, Stephanie was educated in Europe and in the U.S. where she majored in History at Harvard. Her agenting career began in London\, where she spent nine years at William Morris – London\, the last five as Managing Director where she built a list of international bestselling and prize-winning authors. She moved back to the States in 2005\, joined The Gernert Company\, and is now selectively adding writers from a variety of genres\, including commercial and literary fiction\, latte lit\, and non-fiction. She is especially interested in writers who tell original stories with strong narratives and create distinctive characters. Recent author publications include The Kindness of Enemies (Leila Aboulela – Grove)\, Magonia (Maria D. Headley – Harper Collins)\, Jade Dragon Mountain (Elsa Hart – Macmillan)\, The Secret Wisdom of the Earth (Christopher Scotton – Hachette)\,Vanessa and Her Sister (Priya Parmar – Random House\, We Are Called to Rise (Laura McBride – S&S)\, The Canterbury Sisters (Kim Wright – Gallery\, S&S)\, All the Old Knives (Olen Steinhauer – Minotaur)\, Hild (Nicola Griffith – FSG)\,  Paradise of The Pacific (Susanna Moore – FSG) and Babayaga (Toby Barlow – FSG).  In 2016\, authors she represents who will publish their work include: Mark Tompkins (Last Days of Magic – Viking Penguin )\,  Mindy Meija (Everything You Want Me To Be – Emily Bestler Books\, S&S)\, JoAnn Chaney (What You Don’t Know – Flatiron Books) and Martin Walker (Fatal Pursuit – Knopf). \n 
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/aspen-writers-network-event-state-of-the-publishing-industry-2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Aspen Writers' Network
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