Resources

Our Agents on Social Media

• Hannah Bowman
• Monica Odom
• Caitie Flum
• Agency Tumblr
• Agency Twitter
• Caitie's Blog

2017/2018 Conferences

Interviews

• Transcript of Brooke Gladstone’s interview with Liza broadcast on NPR’s program “On the Media
• Hannah Bowman's Writer's Digest Interview
• Caitie Flum's Agent for Dinner Interview

Websites

• Association of Authors' Representatives
• Romance Writers of America
• Mystery Writers of America
• Publishing Trends
• Publishers Marketplace
• Liza's Manuscript Wishlist
• Hannah's Manuscript Wishlist
• Monica's Manuscript Wishlist
• Caitie's Manuscript Wishlist
• Manuscript Wishlist

Accessing Your Voice

• THE ARTIST’S WAY by Julia Cameron
• DECODING CREATIVITY with Julia Roberts
• THE TOBOLOWSKY FILES with Stephen Tobolowsky podcast

Honing Your Craft

• THE FOREST FOR THE TREES (REVISED AND UPDATED): An Editor's Advice to Writers by Betsy Lerner
• WRITING DOWN THE BONES: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
• STORYCRAFT: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) by Jack Hart
• HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL USING THE SNOWFLAKE METHOD by Randy Ingermanson

Creating a Book Proposal:

• THINKING LIKE YOUR EDITOR: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction and Get It Published by Susan Rabiner
• HOW TO WRITE A BOOK PROPOSAL, 4th EDITION by Michael Larsen

The Publishing Marketplace

• THE MASTER SWITCH: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires by Tim Wu
• THE INNOVATOR’S DILEMMA: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business by Clayton M.
• THE SHATZKIN FILES: The Idea Logical Company Blog with Mike Shatzkin

How To Pitch Your Book:

• SELL YOUR STORY IN A SINGLE SENTENCE: Advice from the Front Lines of Hollywood by Lane Shefter Bishop
• THE WRITER’S DIGEST GUIDE TO QUERY LETTERS by Wendy Burt-Thomas

How To Find an Agent

• THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO GETTING YOUR BOOK PUBLISHED: How to Write It, Sell It, and Market It . . . Successfully by Arielle Eckstut
• PUBLISHERS MARKETPLACE
• AMERICAN AUTHORS ASSOCIATION
• MANUSCRIPT WISH LIST

Writing For Children

• WRITING PICTURE BOOKS: A Hands-On Guide from Story Creation to Publication Paperback by Ann Whitford Paul
• THE BUSINESS OF WRITING FOR CHILDREN: An Award-Winning Author's Tips on Writing Children's Books and Publishing Them, or How to Write, Publish, and Promote a Book for Kids by Aaron Shepard
• CHILDREN’S WRITER’S AND ILLUSTRATOR’S MARKET 2016: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published by Chuck Sambuchino

What Publishing Reads

• Publishing Trends
• Publishers Marketplace
• Publishers Weekly

Finding Your Tribe:

• Mystery Wrtiers of America
• Romance Writers of America
• Thrillerfest
• PEN
• The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America
• Literary Hub
• Novelists Inc.
• Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
• r/YAwriters

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