Your Submission Tools Bootcamp
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Start Date: July 19, 2016
Tuition: $199.99 | | | About the Boot Camp:
During this July 2016 boot camp, literary agents will show you how to put together the best query letter, opening pages, and synopsis to hook the attention of Agents and Editors. As you learn what makes up an amazing submission package, 5 literary agents from Corvisiero Literary will tell you what agents look for when reviewing your work. They will help you draft and perfect your query letter, your book synopsis, and the first two pages of your book. Before sending in your pages for critique, you will have a chance to participate in the online Q&A session with the agents. Every participating writer will not only learn how to properly prepare a captivating submission package that will show results, they will also receive a critique with customized tips and suggestions from a literary agent.
By the end of this Agent One-on-One program, you will be chock-full of actionable wisdom. You will take away well drafted materials that will get you noticed. The critiques will cut through the mystery of attracting an agent or editor to say YES, and you'll have a clear path on what to do next. | How it works:
On July 19, 2016, you will gain access to a special 45-minute online tutorial presented by literary agents from the Corvisiero Literary Agency. This tutorial will provide nuts & bolts advice on how to help you prepare your query, your synopsis and get your first two pages ready for review.
After listening to the presentation, attendees will spend the next two days revising materials as necessary. Following the tutorial, writers will have two days in which to log onto the course system and ask their assigned agent critiquers questions related to revising materials. The agents will be available on the blackboard from 1-3 p.m. (EST) on both Wednesday, July 20 and Thursday, July 21. No later than Friday, July 22, attendees will submit their completed pitch & pages for feedback directly to the boot camp literary agents.
The agents will spend up to 10 days reviewing all assigned pitches and provide feedback to help attendees. (The agents reserve the right to request more materials if they feel a strong connection to the work and want to read more; note that multiple agents have signed writers before from WD boot camps.) No later than August 2, agents will send their feedback to writer attendees.
In addition to feedback from agents, attendees will also receive via the online course system "An Agent's Tips on Story Structures that Sell," an on-demand webinar by literary agent Andrea Hurst. | | | | PLEASE NOTE: the boot camp schedule is subject to change depending on number of registrants. Join the Boot Camp Today! |
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| Marisa Corvisiero is the founder of the Corvisiero Literary Agency. She is a literary agent there and continues to practice law in New York City specializing in Corporate, Intellectual Property and Publishing and Trust & Estates. She loves Romance novels for most ages (above 17) as well as Thrillers, Adventure, Science Fiction and Fantasy stories. She loves mixed genres and will read anything that is unique and well written. She also reads a lot of non fiction in selective topics such as Business, Science, Self-Improvement and Spiritual. Cookbooks and books about pretty things with awesome pictures welcome. She's currently looking for MG. | | Saritza Hernandez is the Sr. Literary Agent at the Corvisiero Literary Agency and is known as the first literary agent to represent authors in the digital publishing landscape. While continuing to seek traditional publishers for her authors, Saritza is the leading literary agent in digital publishing deals. An avid coffee-drinker with a Kindle book obsession, she enjoys a steaming cup of strong Cuban coffee every morning while reading an erotic contemporary romance or action-packed science fiction adventure. A strong advocate of the GLBT community, she enjoys fresh voices in Young Adult and New Adult genre fiction. | | Cate Hart is all about guilty pleasures. She loves salted caramel mochas, Justin Timberlake, Fox's Sleepy Hollow, and Steampunk. As a native Nashvillian, Cate's biggest guilty pleasure is watching Nashville. When she's reading, Cate looks for character-driven stories, a distinguished voice, and intriguing plots. She loves characters that surprise her, like the pirate with a heart of gold, and plots that keep her guessing until the very last page. When she's not reading queries, Cate works with clients to build their platform, works on PR projects to help promote clients' books, and reads manuscripts with an editorial eye. | | Veronica Park is an agent, author, journalist and marketing consultant with more than seven years of experience writing and editing for publication. She graduated with a BA in print journalism with an emphasis in linguistics and business marketing from Brigham Young University and went on to expand her writing skills as a broadcast journalist and independent film producer, before running away with her husband to work on cruise ships in the Caribbean as a port lecturer and luxury goods marketing specialist. In publishing, she has finally found an arena that requires her entire assortment of professional skills, while allowing her to read and write every single day. Her favorite categories and genres include YA/NA (anything with a unique voice, but especially Contemporary), Adult (Commercial, Romance, and Romantic Suspense) and Non-Fiction that is funny and/or centered upon current events and controversial issues. (Because real life is funny...and full of issues). | | Kelly Peterson has spent her whole life with a book in her hands. A recent graduate of West Chester University, she earned her B.S.Ed. in English and went to pursue a career in teaching. Little did she know that despite all of her hard work, the environment she ended up in would be one she disliked. After taking a step back and reassessing her life, she realized that maybe she should have focused on the world of literary agents and publishing a long time ago. Though she reads various genres of Middle Grade, Young Adult, and New Adult novels, her true weakness is for YA Fantasy. More recently, Steampunk has quickly crept up the charts in her heart as well. With books, there's just something about strong female main characters holding their own against the world, in an environment that Kelly could never, in her wildest dreams, find herself living within. It tears at her heart and pulls at her soul, especially when the main character finds that she never needed another to complete her in the first place. | | Sarah Negovetich is fully aware that no one knows how to pronounce her last name, and she's okay with that. Her favorite writing is YA, because at seventeen the world is your oyster. Only oysters are slimy and more than a little salty, it's accurate if not exactly motivational. Sarah's background is in Marketing. FYI, your high school algebra teacher was right when they told you every job uses math. She uses her experience to assist Corvisiero authors with platform building and book promotion. | | Note: There is an agent change for the critique portion of the bootcamp. Kelly Peterson will be participating in the Q&A and feedback section instead of Sarah Negovetich. Sarah is still in the webinar recording. | | |
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