Into the Springs Writers Workshop Welcomes Literary Agent and Romance Writer
Victoria Selvaggio, owner of Storm Literary Agency, is the first literary agent for Into the Springs Writers Workshop, now in its seventh year.
The workshop runs August 1-3, at the Mills Park Hotel in Yellow Springs, OH.
Vicki will begin the weekend sessions with The Life of an Agent, where she’ll include her journey as a writer then agent and how one has affected the other. How to Pitch Your Book is a key session on opening night, too. Vicki intends to hear 10-minute book pitches throughout the workshop. Her session will help everyone prepare for the inevitable pitch if they’re considering traditional publishing. Her other sessions are Writing Effective Query Letters and All About Editing.
Joining Vicki is Juliette Hyland, multi-published romance author for Harlequin’s Mills & Boon line, an imprint of Harper Collins. She’ll lead sessions on Creating Characters to Root For and Goal-Motivation-Conflict: Keys to Every Story. She’ll guide writing exercises that carry over from Characters to Root For. Plus she’ll host a one hour of guided writing while Vicki hears pitches.
A signature trait of Into the Springs is having two to three featured guests leading interactive sessions throughout the weekend. Doing so creates an opportunity for attendees to ask Vicki and Juliette their questions, whenever they arise.
Morning creative writing time, open mic readings, selling your books, Saturday lunch, and refreshments are included in the fee.
For extra fees, Vicki will critique the first 10 pages of a story and a query letter. Juliette will critique the first 10 pages of a story. Both will then sit down with the writer for a ten-minute follow-up. Each is taking a maximum of 10 writers.
Details, costs and registration are on the website: www.intothespringswritersworkshop.com
Questions, email Sandy Kachurek, Director: sandy@intothespringswritersworkshop.com
Hope you can join us. It’s going to be an amazing weekend.
