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SUMMARY:The Writers Bridge | LIVE ONLY Pitch & Platform with Literary Agent Jessica Berg & Allison K Williams
DESCRIPTION:Learn to deliver the pitch that will sell your book–and how to build the platform you need to support that pitch. \n\n\n\nBONUS Writers Bridge episode Tuesday April 21st from 1-2PM Eastern. LIVE ONLY NO RECORDING NO REPLAYS. \n\n\n\nGetting your book to the shelves means talking about it–clearly\, concisely\, and in a way that builds excitement and anticipation. And talking about your platform is part of that pitch.  \n\n\n\nPractice pitching YOUR book to Literary Agent Jessica Berg and editor Allison K Williams. We’ll give you frank\, useful feedback about your pitch–is it selling your book\, and why or why not?  \n\n\n\nThen\, dive deeper. Tell us your platform (or the one you’re thinking about building) and we’ll share our best tips and tools to find your audience and reach them. And if you don’t know yet? We’ll brainstorm it with you\, right now.  \n\n\n\nAll live attendees will receive a follow-up email with recommended tools and highlights from the session. \n\n\n\nLiterary Agent Jessica Berg has heard thousands of pitches\, and helped the authors she represents shape their platform and refine their pitch to attract publishing deals\, plan their marketing\, and ultimately reach readers.  \n\n\n\nCohost Allison K Williams has shepherded writers through live and virtual pitch events\, and helped them get comfortable talking about themselves and their books with top agents in New York and London. She’s pitched a fair few books herself and learned some surprising new elements of her own platform for 2026. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJoin us live and FREE on Zoom\, all welcome! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYour Hosts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJessica Berg is a literary agent\, author\, and the founder of Rosecliff Literary. She loves stories that explore grief\, longing\, ambition\, and survival and the complicated ways they intersect.  \n\n\n\nShe earned her MFA from Spalding University and contributes regularly to Writer’s Digest. Jessica serves on the boards of the Women’s National Book Association and the Historical Novel Society\, and teaches nationally on querying\, comp titles\, and the business of authorship\, with a focus on building sustainable\, long-term writing careers. Her client list includes Vincent Zandri\, Lisa Roe\, Arizona Bell\, and others.. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAllison K Williams has edited and coached authors to publishing deals with Penguin Random House\, Knopf\, Mantle\, St. Martin’s Press\, and numerous small presses. She’s the author of Seven Drafts: Self-Edit Like a Pro from Blank Page to Book\, and an expert in author marketing and community building. Her own writing has also appeared in the New York Times\, Travelers’ Tales and Writers Digest and her performed stories on The Moth\, NPR and CBC-Canada. She leads the Rebirth Your Book writing retreats and co-hosts The Writers Bridge. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnjoy past recorded WRITERS BRIDGE sessions here\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔ \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/the-writers-bridge-live-only-pitch-platform-with-literary-agent-jessica-berg-allison-k-williams-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:The Writers Bridge | All about the HUSTLE: Marketing Your Own Book
DESCRIPTION:Authors are marketing in new and surprisingly successful ways.\n\n\n\nWhat’s the best way to sell YOUR book?  \n\n\n\nMore than ever\, authors are doing the lion’s share of marketing–even when traditionally published. But gone are the days of religiously posting to socials and desperately hunting for Goodreads reviews. Our guests have mixed new practices and unique publicity hooks to get their books in front of the readers who need them.   \n\n\n\nAndromeda Romano-Lax\, Jo Piazza and Stephanie Weaver will tell us how their marketing plans have changed in 2026\, the ways they’re bringing their words to the world\, and the surprising tactics they never thought would work! Find out the best new book marketing tricks of the trade\, and what you already know that’s still working. \n\n\n\nJoin us TUESDAY April 28th at 1PM EASTERN – live and FREE on Zoom\, all welcome! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur special guests: \n\n\n\nAndromeda Romano-Lax’s first novel\, The Spanish Bow\, was translated into eleven languages and her next novels– The Detour\, Behave\, Plum Rains and Annie and the Wolves have been Indie Next and Amazon Books of the month; one has been optioned for TV/film. With 2024’s The Deepest Lake (a Barnes & Noble Monthly Pick) and her 2026 novel\, What Boys Learn\, Andromeda has swerved into the world of suspense fiction\, although she continues to write historical fiction\, too. Her next novel\, coming in 2027\, is a speculative retelling of Sylvia Plath’s life. \n\n\n\nJo Piazza is the national and international bestselling author of The Sicilian Inheritance\, Everyone is Lying to You\, We Are Not Like Them\, You Were Always Mine\, Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win\, The Knockoff and How to Be Married. Her work has been published in ten languages in twelve countries and four of her books have been optioned for film and television.  Jo’s podcasts have garnered more than twenty-five million downloads and regularly top podcast charts. An editor\, columnist and travel writer\, her work has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal\, the New York Times\, New York magazine\, Marie Claire\, Glamour and many other publications. Her next book\, The Parisian Heist\, comes out in July\, 2025.  \n\n\n\nStephanie Weaver is a TEDx speaker coach and chronic illness advocate who distills complex human experiences into accessible\, compelling narratives. Her fifth book\, Bitter\, Sweet: How to Heal Yourself When Your Family Is Broken is a heartfelt exploration of healing from childhood sexual abuse. Weaver’s personal journey as an abuse survivor who reconciled with her parents after years of estrangement informs her work\, inspiring others to rewrite their own narratives and transform pain into purpose. \n\n\n\nJoin your hosts Allison K Williams (SEVEN DRAFTS)\, Sharla Yates (CRAFT TALKS) and our special guests for this lively\, funny hour of frank talk about publishing\, platform\, and always following your mission. \n\n\n\nFREE\, all welcome! Sign up to receive the Zoom link the day before. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnjoy past recorded sessions here\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAllison K Williams has edited and coached authors to publishing deals with Penguin Random House\, Knopf\, Mantle\, St. Martin’s Press\, and numerous small presses. An expert in author marketing and community building\, her platform includes the Brevity Blog (80k+ followers)\, Instagram (10k+)\, a mailing list (12k+)\, and Facebook (5k+)\, with publications in the New York Times and appearances on NPR and CBC. Her book\, Seven Drafts: Self-Edit Like a Pro from Blank Page to Book\, sold on proposal. She leads the Rebirth Your Book writing retreats and co-hosts The Writers Bridge. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSharla Yates is the author of the poetry chapbook What I Would Say if We Were to Drown Tonight\, published by Stranded Oak Press (2017). She hosts a webinar series\, CRAFT TALKS for writers on writing\, and co-hosts The Writers Bridge with Allison K Williams. Her nonfiction essay\, “Address” was a finalist for the 2015 Columbia Journal writing contest and the 2016 Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award. She is the former Director of Education at the Creative Nonfiction Foundation and teaches creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/the-writers-bridge-hustle/
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