The First Five Pages March Workshop has come to an
end. This talented group worked so hard on their revisions, and it
showed! And they provided great feedback and support to each other, as well. A
big thanks to our guest mentor, Patricia Dunn and our guest
agent mentor Kimberly Brower, who
both gave great comments and suggestions, and of course to all of our fabulous
permanent mentors!
Our April workshop will open for entries at noon,
EST, on Saturday April 4, 2015. We'll take the first five Middle Grade, Young
Adult, or New Adult entries that meet all guidelines and formatting
requirements. Click here to
get the rules. I will post when it opens and closes on Adventures in YA Publishing and
on twitter (@etcashman), with the hasthag #1st5pages.
In addition to our talented permanent mentors, we
have the wonderful Becca Puglisi as our guest mentor. Becca has
helped countless writers with her books, website and workshops. I always have
her books with me when I write and revise, they are so helpful! And we have my
agent, the lovely Amaryah Orenstein of GO Literary, as our guest agent mentor.
Amaryah is an editorial agent with great insight and suggestions. So get those
pages ready!
April Guest Mentor - Becca Puglisi
Becca Puglisi is passionate about learning and
sharing her knowledge with others. This is one of her reasons for writing The Emotion Thesaurus, The Positive
Trait Thesaurus, and The Negative Trait Thesaurus. Her website, Writers Helping
Writers, is a hub for all things description, offering tons of free
resources to aid writers in their literary efforts. A member of SCBWI, she
leads workshops at regional conferences and teaches webinars online.
April Guest Agent Mentor - Amaryah Orenstein
Amaryah Orenstein is the founder of GO
Literary. Amaryah has always loved to read and provide editorial
advice and, as a literary agent, she is thrilled to help writers bring their
ideas to life. She is particularly drawn to narrative non-fiction and
memoir but enjoys any book that connects the reader to its characters and
evokes thought and feeling. Amaryah began her career at the Laura Gross
Literary Agency in 2009 and, prior to that, she worked as an Editorial Assistant
at various academic research foundations.
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