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JUNE 2022 ONLINE WRITING SHOW | Common Writing Mistakes
June 28, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Show don’t tell. Avoid adverbs. Get action on the page, but not too soon. Introduce your characters, but don’t dump exposition. This dynamic duo (and real life husband/wife team!) examines the most common writing mistakes we often hear about—whether they’re really important, and how to avoid the most critical ones. Come get the scoop from an editor and an agent on putting your best foot forward.
Speakers: Editor Molly Cusick and Agent John Cusick
Moderator: Rosa Castellano
Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Location: Online, in the comfort of your own home. Via the Zoom Platform
Cost: $12 Members | $17 Non-members | $5 Students
Registration closes at midnight June 27; your unique link to join the online Zoom program will be emailed to you the the morning of the Writing Show.
MODERATOR
ROSA CASTELLANO
Rosa Castellano is a writer and teacher whose work has been supported with a year-long fellowship from the Visual Arts Center of Richmond and by Tin House. She received an MFA in poetry from Virginia Commonwealth University and in 2021 was a finalist for Cave Canem’s Starshine and Clay Fellowship. Her work can be found or is forth coming at the South Hampton Review, Alternating Current Press and EcoTheo Review.
SPEAKERS
JOHN CUSICK
John Cusick is a literary agent and Senior Vice President at Folio Literary, representing award-winning and bestselling authors of middle-grade, young adult, and adult fiction. He is also the author of several books, including most recently Dimension Why: How to Save the Universe Without Really Trying (Harper Children’s).
MOLLY CUSICK
Molly Cusick is Vice President of Acquisitions at International Literary Properties where she is pursuing new print, e-book, and subsidiary rights deals, as well as developing literary brands to increase global consumer awareness and drive sales. She has worked in the publishing industry for a decade, previously as an editor at US publisher Sourcebooks, a senior literary scout, and a literary agent and co-director of international rights at a leading US literary agency.
James River Writers is partially supported by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts
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