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Unique Craft-and-Market Workshops and Conferences
For Novel Planners, Beginners, and Veterans Phone: 1-800-250-8290
Fisherman's Wharf WC Faculty
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AMY BURKHARDT joined Kimberley Cameron Associates in 2007, and brings experience as a critical reader, an editor, and a writer. She is looking to represent both literary and commercial adult fiction, as well as narrative nonfiction, memoirs, mysteries with a twist, and historical fiction. Amy graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in English Literature and a concentration in Creative Writing. She is currently enrolled in the MFA in Writing Program at the University of San Francisco and is working on a novel of her own ... [more]
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DAVID COLE has spent almost 30 years in book publishing with stints in editing, production, publicity, marketing, and management. His company, Bay Tree Publishing, focuses on nonfiction works in the areas of business, personal finance, psychology, health, and current affairs. He is the author of three nonfiction books, including The Complete Guide to Book Marketing. The Founder and first President of the San Francisco Bay Area Book Festival, he also served as an instructor in the University of California Extension certificate program in publishing. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Independent Book Publishers Association and the Northern California Book Publicity and Marketing Association.
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APRIL EBERHARDT of April Eberhardt Literary specializes in high-quality women's fiction, young adult works, and quality commercial fiction. Formerly a submissions editor at Zoetrope, and an agent at Kimberley Cameron Agency, April founded her own agency in order to assist and advise authors as they navigate the increasingly complex world of publishing. She also holds an MBA from Boston University in Marketing and Finance,and a CPLF degree from the University of Paris.
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LAURIE MCLEAN of Larsen-Pomada represents adult genre fiction (romance, fantasy, science fiction, horror, westerns, mysteries, suspense, thrillers, etc.) as well as middle-grade and young-adult books. She looks for great writing, first and foremost, followed by memorable characters, a searing storyline and solid world building. She is also a novelist herself, so she can empathize with the author's journey to and through publication. [more]
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ISABELLA MICHON is a former TV and radio producer with more than 25 years of publicity and promotion experience. She has worked with many bestselling and award-winning authors including Deepak Chopra, Clive Barker, Day in the Life series co-creator David Cohen, and Robert Thurman, who Time named as "one of the 25 most influential people". Isabella's bookings include USA Today, NBC Nightly News, CBS This Morning, The Associated Press, NPR, CNN, The Tom Snyder Show, and the front page of The Wall Street Journal.
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MICHAEL NEFF is the editor and founder of Web del Sol and the "Paris Review of the Internet," Del Sol Review. He also publishes several acclaimed literary journals including In Posse Review, Double Room, and The Potomac. His own work has appeared in such classic literary publications as The Literary Review, North American Review, Mudlark, Quarterly West, Pittsburgh Quarterly, Conjunctions, and American Way Magazine. His novel, YEAR OF THE RHINOCEROS was published by Red Hen press ... [more].
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GORDON WARNOCK, another rising star at Andrea Hurst, has his eye out for works which will not only thrive in the current market but will also withstand the test of time, bringing joy to readers for years to come. In that spirit, he seeks to establish involved, long term working relationships with talented and dedicated authors of many genres. He is especially interested in memoir, YA, upscale and general fiction with a literary edge. He is an honors graduate with a B.A. in Creative and Professional Writing.
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WRITERS AND AUTHORS TALK ABOUT ALGONKIAN NOVEL WORKSHOPS 
 Interview with Algonkian attendee, author Julie Kaewert: "Because I was changing agents, I knew it was important to learn how to package the MS effectively ... When I saw the Seven Mountains Writers Conference on the website, it looked like just the thing. In fact, it far exceeded my expectations in every way." 
 Interview with Algonkian Writer Conference attendee, author Kate Gallison: "One way to lengthen your life is to stretch it backwards, and so I read a lot of history. Early movies fascinate me. They were both like and unlike stage plays of the time, borrowing actors and melodramatic plots, but developing entirely new techniques for portraying dramatic action. "
 Interview with Algonkian attendee, Greg Haas: "I could tell a story about how the process works. Fiction gave me a chance to go where non-fiction wouldn't let me…inside people at both ends of the political food chains heads. The final inspiration came from a strange place Karl Rove spent a great deal of time."
 Interview with Algonkian attendee, Candy Somoza: "The preparation work got us thinking about the book in the store, how it got there, what makes it sell. While we read works and studied the writing, we also focused on the outside, so to speak, the marketing, and that was essential to prepare us."
 Interview with Algonkian Writer Conference attendee, Barbara Marquart: I also wanted to tell a story that celebrates the deep bond between mothers and daughters - the struggles we all face to transcend our circumstances, forgive each other's failures and accept each other's limitations in order to find peace.
 Interview with Algonkian attendee, author Thierry Sagnier: "I was stuck, hadn't done any serious writing for months, and a friend of mine—also a writer—suggested I attend a workshop to kickstart me. So I looked on the net and found that there were quite a few places that offered what I wanted, but when I researched the Algonkian conference, I recognized the name of a reporter I really respect. He'd been there and was highly complimentary, so that sealed it for me."
 Interview with Algonkian attendee, Rae Bryant: "After completing the first draft of Ficklestick's , I wanted professional guidance and a community of writers to help me marinate the work. It was important to me as a first time novelist to seek feedback before finalizing the intricacies. By retaining a sense of early process malleability, I was able to really hear criticisms and then incorporate skills learned. Algonkian provided the perfect setting."
 Interview with Algonkian attendee, Alex Keto: "I've been to handful of other conferences and decided that if you find yourself in a large room with someone almost out of eyesight in the front talking at you, the results are what you would expect: generic advice that doesn't really help."
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