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I started this fantastic place of learning, but have since left to start my own hybrid literary agency: FOREWORD LITERARY, INC. I handle adult genre fiction (romance, fantasy, science fiction, horror, mysteries, thrillers, suspense, westerns) and children's middle-grade and young adult books.
I love reading eBooks on my iPad (given to me by a grateful client!) as much as I like a mass market or trade paperback. The mash-up of technology and publishing has me giddy. I spent 25 years in high tech marketing and publicity prior to becoming an agent, and boy do I see convergence opportunities everywhere. This university is one of them.
So join me as we celebrate all types of writing and learning here at San Francisco Writers University, where writers meet and YOU learn!
-Laurie
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Log in to leave a review or Create an accountHi Laurie,
I was in your November 17th Self-Publishing 101 class at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park. The class was great! I remember hoping that it would be short on the personal joys of writing and publishing and very long on facts, figures and ideas. The class absolutely filled that bill and I went away feeling very encouraged. If I see it offered again, I'll recommend it to anyone I know. You and Carla King make a great teaching team.
Just ready your blog 'Gloomy But True?' Wow! I have a really hard time thinking that books as books might be in jeopardy thanks to the advent of e-readers. And it doesn't really seem like the prices for new books on my wife's Nook color are that much below regular retail. Sure, there are a lot of cheap books out there--but to get the new Lauren Willig that's coming out soon, I imagine I'll be paying almost regular retail.
So what does this trend do to the agents? And how does it ultimately impact those of us who are desperately trying to get our books through the 'gatekeepers' (y'all agents) and into the hands of the publishers (be they the Big Six, or Amazon, or a small press...)?
Keith W. Willis
knightsofkilbourne@gmail.com
Hey, Laurie,
Someone has really hit the site with spam today. Good luck getting rid of it!
~Joanne
Dear Laurie,
Thank you for your friend request... And hopefully, you will not reject my third manuscript:) Just kidding. I appreciated your positive critique on THE MISSING ANGEL.
Wishing you all the best,
Alessandro
Dear Laurie,
Thanks for the friend's request. I've already downloaded a free workshop by Steve Berry. Fantastic info!!!
Laurie,
Thank you so much for the friend request. I'm so excited to have stumbled upon SFWU, and I'm looking forward to taking advantage of all that the site has to offer. This is a wonderful resource!
Best,
Jamila Jamison
I read your excerpt and it rocks. Had me hooked. Couldn't wait to see what the cursed item would do to her.
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The demons? They dwell in all of us. They watch us from our shadows. They ride us—oh, yes, they do—whispering in our ears, tempting us with our own darkness. In the end, many succumb. And you?
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Laurie,
Thank you so much for your kind message. Currently I am in the early stages of editing my steampunk novel Back Craft, but I will be more than pleased to send you my first three chapters when ready.
Most appreciatively,
Nancy w/a Marie Andrews
Thanks for the friend invite. This is a really great site.
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