Here's what was featured at the May 27 - 29 Backspace Writers Conference:
Keynote speakers:
Lorenzo Carcaterra, #1 New York Times bestselling author, screenwriter
Neil S. Nyren, Senior Vice President, Publisher and Editor in Chief of G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Literary agents:
Paul Cirone (Molly Friedrich Agency), Elizabeth Evans (Jean Naggar Agency), Joanna Stampfel-Volpe (Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation), Elana Roth (Caren Johnson Literary Agency), Victoria Horn (Liza Dawson Associates), Lois
Winston (Ashley Grayson Literary Agency), Rebecca Strauss (McIntosh and Otis, Inc.), Jeff Kleinman (Folio Literary Management) Kristin Nelson (Nelson Literary), Jamie Brenner (Artists & Artisans Literary Management), Colleen Lindsay (FinePrint Literary Management), Jason Allen Ashlock (Movable Type Literary Group), Diana Fox (Fox Literary Agency), April Eberhardt (Kimberly Cameron & Associates), Kathleen Ortiz (Lowenstein Associates) Gwendolyn Heasley (Artists and Artisans Literary Management), Suzie Townsend (FinePrint Literary Management) Scott Hoffman (Folio Literary Management), Jenny Bent (The Bent Agency), Alanna Ramirez (Trident Media Group), Kirsten Neuhaus (Kirsten Neuhaus Literary Agency), Eric Myers (The Spieler Agency), Blair Hewes (Dunham Literary), Marisa Corvisiero (Lori Perkins Agency) Joe Veltre (The Veltre Company), Molly Jaffa (Folio Literary Management), Natanya Wheeler (Nancy Yost Literary Agency), Alanna Ramirez (Trident Media Group), Donald Maass (Donald Maass Literary Agency) and more to come!
Authors:
Gayle Lynds, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Richard Krevolin, Eileen Kennedy-Moore, Karen Dionne, Elizabeth Letts, Rachel Kramer Bussel, J.E. Taylor, Norb Vonnegut, Rebbie Macintyre, MJ Pearson, Barbara Caridad Ferrer, Randy Susan Meyers, Janice Gable Bashman, Jason Pinter, A.S. King, Stephanie Cowell
Editors:
Keith Kahla, Executive Editor, St. Martin's Press
Mark Tavani, Executive Editor, Random House
Freelance Editor:
Jerry Gross
Publishing professionals:
Bella Stander, Ron Hogan, Don Lafferty, Dana Kaye Litoff, Ron Koltnow
"The Fall 2009 Backspace Agent-Author Seminar was the most phenomenal conference I have ever attended. I was a winner of the previous scholarship contest, and I now have representation.
While I was there, I was impressed with the amount of personal and individual attention every attendee received on both query letters and opening pages. It's one thing to have someone try to explain what should go into queries and opening pages. It's another thing entirely to have professionals break down YOUR query and pages and tell you exactly what's wrong and right about them.
The mixers with agents were wonderfully informal and comfortable, nothing like nerve-wracking pitch sessions. They provided a great opportunity to network with agents and other writers.
I recommend this conference to all my writer friends and suggest they attend if they possibly can, whether they win a scholarship or not." -- Lisa Iriarte
"Unquestionably the best of all writers’ conferences, this two-day annual conference has leaped to the top with its emphasis on quality, not quantity. No more than 150 can attend, and there are no formal pitch sessions. Instead, you’ll have the opportunity to attend quality workshops and mingle with some of the best editors, agents and other publishing professionals in the industry in a comfortable, non-aggressive atmosphere." -- Bibliobuffet
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