I posted a Speed-Dating event sponsored by Women’s National Book Association a couple weeks ago, so thought I should let you know how it went last Saturday. FYI: I’m the president of WNBA-SF and was the chair for this event, so now I’m bragging, but I can’t help it. I’m feeling an elated exhaustion.
I think it’s important, too, to celebrate our successes, just like I ask you to celebrate your success after writing your “Mother Memoir.” Mother’s Day is coming up soon, so think about writing just a short, true bio-vignette. More about that later. Read below to catch the drift of a great event for writers of all shapes and sizes.
Need I say more?
Need I say more?
Wow! One of my favorite member-benefit affairs made a huge splash last Saturday with dozens of people Speed-Dating on San Francisco Bay. The large number of members who took part in our Meet-the-Agents event had the time of their lives, as did a slew of other Bay Area literati. Everyone enjoyed an enthusiastic, productive time as the anxious writers presented their work to the agents, and the agents in turn gave back valuable tips and insights to the writers/would-be-authors in their inimitable way.
Several agents said they were impressed with the quality of work presented to them and asked many of our classy writers to send them their proposals – you just know these writers have to be thrilled! And I am delighted for them. The glowing participant evaluations will be posted on our site soon along with pictures of the group from various angles of intent.
And last, but not least, a huge and sincere thanks straight from my heart to the wonderful WNBA-SF women and men who volunteered last Saturday for MTA – our combined efforts made the event the success we had imagined. My only regret was that I didn’t have time to chat with as many of the participants as I’d hoped to.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, March 26th, 2011!
LINKS: The agents I can identify on the right hand side of the picture above are:
Brooke Warner (Seal Press/Perseus Books)
Amberly Finarelli (Andrea Hurst Agency)
Alan Rinzler (Josse-Bass/Wiley & Sons)
Georgia Hughes (New World Library).
For the complete list of the 14 agents who participated in the MTA event, visit Women’s National Book Association – San Francisco.
It was indeed exciting. I pitched my second novel, “Staying Afloat” to agents interested in commercial fiction and was asked to send pages by all of them.
A special thanks to you, Lynn, for all your hard work, and to Teresa LeYung Ryan for helping attendees with their pitches and follow-up steps.
Judith – it’s blowing me away that ALL of the agents asked for pages from your new book! You are on a roll…