WriteAngles in pictures
Organizer Boris Kolba and Christine Molloy At the registration table: Cheryl Malandrinos, Jan Whitaker, and co-organizer Daisy Mathias writeangles
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A bouquet to all of us
A huge thank you to everyone who made yesterday\’s WriteAngles conference a big success. Thanks to our wonderful keynoters, Maria Luisa Arroyo and Ann Hood and to all our panelists who shared their knowledge and experience, often entertainingly. Thanks to all the panel moderators who recruited panelists and guided discussions. Thanks to all the behind-the-scenes
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Tenacity trumps talent
The importance of tenacity is one of literary agent Jenny Bent\’s observations in an interesting and informative interview with her about how she became an agent and how she regards her role in book publishing. Among her insights is this: \”There are a lot of ways to attract the attention of an agent these days.\”
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A thrilling novel
Congratulations to this year’s WriteAngles panelist Gina Apostol on the publication of her new book GUN DEALER’S DAUGHTER. An impressionistic thriller of a novel, the book tells the story of an older Filipina woman looking back on her youth as a rebel in the 1970s Philippines. One critic called the book “a daring, fever dream
This year\’s agent line-up
Popular favorite Jenny Bent is back and we have three great, new agents available for meetings with participants of the WriteAngles conference. Read more about them. Agent meetings are arranged on a first-come, first-served basis once registration begins in September. To get our announcement of the start of registration, be sure to subscribe to this
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Keynoters lined up!
We are pleased to announce that we have two wonderful keynoters for our fall conference on October 20. María Luisa Arroyo will get us started in the morning and Ann Hood will be our after-lunch speaker. Read more about them. We hope to be able to provide our full schedule of panels and events later
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An interview with agent Lindsay Edgecombe
Lindsay Edgecombe is an agent at the Levine Greenberg Literary Agency. She represents journalists, debut novelists, crafty sorts, and cartoonists, among many others. She loves to uncover new talent and to work with her clients to develop great proposals from the spark of an idea. Her authors have contributed to NPR’s This American Life, written
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An interview with agent Jessica Sinsheimer
Jessica Sinsheimer has been reading and campaigning for her favorite queries since 2004. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she went east for Sarah Lawrence College and stayed for the opportunity to read soon-to-be books for a living. Now an Associate Agent at the Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency, she’s developed a reputation for
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An interview with Bruce Watson
While becoming a writer, Bruce Watson worked as a factory hand, a journalist, a bartender, an office temp, a Peace Corps volunteer, and an elementary school teacher. His books include FREEDOM SUMMER, SACCO AND VANZETTI, BREAD AND ROSES, and THE MAN WHO CHANGED HOW BOYS AND TOYS WERE MADE. As a frequent contributor to Smithsonian,
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An interview with Sally Bellerose
Sally Bellerose is the author of the award-winning novel THE GIRLS CLUB. She was awarded an NEA fellowship based upon an excerpt from this book, and the first chapter won first place in fiction from Writers at Work. She will participate in the Shaping the Story panel. She was interviewed by Cheryl Malandrinos. Why did
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