The Writing Show
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Recap
by Melanie Carter and Charles Gerena
Description
The panelists will address:
- What is a synopsis?
- How is it different from a pitch, query, outline, or proposal?
- How should it be formatted?
- What are common mistakes and how can they be avoided?
Panelists
Michelle Brower began her career in publishing in 2004 while studying for her Master’s degree in English Literature at New York University, and has been hooked ever since. During that time, she assisted the agents Wendy Sherman and Joelle Delbourgo, and found herself in love with the process of discovering new writers and helping existing writers further their careers. After graduating, she became an agent with Wendy Sherman Associates, and there began representing books in many different areas of fiction and non-fiction. In 2009, she joined Folio Literary Management, where she is looking for literary fiction, thrillers, high-quality commercial fiction that transcends genre, and narrative non-fiction. She enjoys digging into a manuscript and working with authors to make their project as saleable as it can be, and her list includes the authors S.G. Browne, Julia Wertz, Todd Ritter, and Michele Young-Stone among many others.
Stacy Hawkins Adams is an award-winning author and freelance columnist. Her inspirational women’s fiction and nonfiction highlight social issues, themes of personal growth and matters of faith. She has penned seven nationally published novels and one nonfiction book. Her recent releases include Coming Home, The Someday List and Dreams That Won’t Let Go. Stacy pens an online faith-based column for teens at SusieMag.org and serves as the parenting columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Moderator
Bill Blume is a fantasy writer whose short stories have appeared in various anthologies and online magazines. He’s also the creator of the online photo comic “The Wildcat’s Lair.” Bill works as a 911 dispatcher for Henrico County in Richmond, Virginia, and is a former television news producer. He’s previously served as a board member of James River Writers and in 2007 he chaired JRW’s annual conference. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of South Carolina. His latest short story, “The Big Sneeze,” has just been released as an ebook.
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