6-9 PM
This evening seminar about the process of writing and publishing a novel will be moderated by Tom Barbash, author of the novel The Last Good Chance. He'll lead an expert panel in a conversation about the trials, tribulations, and thrills of working on longer fiction.
In addition to reflecting on the writing process, the panelists will address issues related to the publishing aspects of writing, such as contacting agents and working with publishing houses. Each panelist comes to 826 with a unique experience and approach to the novel, and their combined expertise should prove an invaluable resource for aspiring and seasoned writers alike. No details will be spared, all pertinent secrets will be revealed.
About the panelists:
Vendela Vida is the author of the novels Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name and And Now You Can Go. Her non-fiction book Girls on the Verge: Debutante Dips, Drive-bys, and Other Initiations examines different coming-of-age rituals for young women. Vendela is also the co-editor of The Believer magazine.
Matt Richtel is an author, journalist, and cartoonist. He covers the San Francisco and Technology beat for the New York Times. His comic strip, Rudy Park, follows the lives of Internet Café regulars, and appears in newspapers across the country. Hooked is his first novel, and he is currently working on the second.
Glen David Gold is the author of the bestselling novel Carter Beats the Devil, currently available in 14 languages. His fiction, essays and memoirs have appeared in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, Playboy and McSweeney's, and he has written comic books for Dark Horse and DC. He is currently finishing his new novel, a gripping adventure tale or whatnot in which many characters do things, sometimes while being chased by other characters who mean them harm.
Laura Rennert is a Senior Agent with Andrea Brown Literary Agency. She’s been with the agency for over eight years, and specializes in all categories of children’s books, from picture books to young adult, fiction and nonfiction. She also specializes in literary fiction, women’s fiction, crossover fiction, mysteries and thrillers, and narrative nonfiction. She represents award winning and bestselling authors, as well as brand new first-time authors.
Cherry Muhanji is the author of Her, which won both the Lambda Book Award and the Ferro-Grumly Award for Lesbian Fiction. As well as a writer of long fiction, she is a poet, essayist and professor, currently teaching in the schools of English, African and African American Studies, and Gender and Women's studies at the University of Texas.
This seminar promises to be invaluable for writers in any stage of the writing process.
