BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190223T153000Z DTEND:20190223T230000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:How to Get Published DESCRIPTION:This is a special one-day "How to Get Published" writing workshop on Saturday\, February 23\, 2019 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in the French Quarter. In other words\, it's one day full of classes and advice designed to give you the best instruction concerning how to get your writing & books published. We'll discuss your publishing opportunities today\, how to write queries & pitches\, how to market yourself and your books\, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript\, and more. No matter what you're writing fiction or nonfiction the day's classes will help point you in the right direction. Writers of all genres are welcome. This event is designed to squeeze as much into one day of learning as possible. You can ask any questions you like during the classes\, and get your specific concerns addressed. We will have literary agents onsite to give feedback and take pitches from writers\, as well. Chuck Sambuchino (@chucksambuchino) is a freelance editor\, bestselling book author\, and former longtime staffer for Writer's Digest Books. For many years he edited the GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS and the CHILDREN'S WRITER'S & ILLUSTRATOR'S MARKET. His Guide to Literary Agents Blog was one of the largest blogs in publishing\, and he wrote the platform guidebook CREATE YOUR WRITER PLATFORM. His humor book\, HOW TO SURVIVE A GARDEN GNOME ATTACK\, was optioned by Sony Pictures. Chuck's books have been mentioned in Reader's Digest\, USA Today\, the New York Times\, The Huffington Post\, Variety\, New York Magazine\, Buzzfeed\, Mental Floss\, New York magazine\, and many more media outlets. He is a successful freelance editor of queries\, synopses\, and manuscripts seeing dozens of clients get agents or book deals following his consultations/edits. He loves meeting new writers. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:This is a special one-day &ldquo\;How to Get Published&rdquo\; writing workshop on Saturday\, February 23\, 2019 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in the French Quarter. In other words\, it&rsquo\;s one day full of classes and advice designed to give you the best instruction concerning how to get your writing &\; books published. We&rsquo\;ll discuss your publishing opportunities today\, how to write queries &\; pitches\, how to market yourself and your books\, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript\, and more. No matter what you&rsquo\;re writing &mdash\; fiction or nonfiction &mdash\; the day&rsquo\;s classes will help point you in the right direction. Writers of all genres are welcome. This event is designed to squeeze as much into one day of learning as possible. You can ask any questions you like during the classes\, and get your specific concerns addressed. We will have literary agents onsite to give feedback and take pitches from writers\, as well. Chuck Sambuchino (@chucksambuchino) is a freelance editor\, bestselling book author\, and former longtime staffer for Writer&rsquo\;s Digest Books. For many years he edited the GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS and the CHILDREN&rsquo\;S WRITER&rsquo\;S &\; ILLUSTRATOR&rsquo\;S MARKET. His Guide to Literary Agents Blog was one of the largest blogs in publishing\, and he wrote the platform guidebook CREATE YOUR WRITER PLATFORM. His humor book\, HOW TO SURVIVE A GARDEN GNOME ATTACK\, was optioned by Sony Pictures. Chuck&rsquo\;s books have been mentioned in Reader&rsquo\;s Digest\, USA Today\, the New York Times\, The Huffington Post\, Variety\, New York Magazine\, Buzzfeed\, Mental Floss\, New York magazine\, and many more media outlets. He is a successful freelance editor of queries\, synopses\, and manuscripts&mdash\;seeing dozens of clients get agents or book deals following his consultations/edits. He loves meeting new writers. LOCATION:Royal Sonesta Hotel (French Quarter) 300 Bourbon St. New Orleans\, LA 70130. (504)586-0300. UID:e.611.13229 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260617T062328Z URL:https://www.neworleanschamber.org/events/details/how-to-get-published-13229 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR