QUERY LETTERS MASTER CLASS (Including One-on-One Meetings with a Query Expert)
Due to high demand expressed during our 2020 Annual Writers Conference, James River Writers is bringing you a Query Letters Master Class. Join instructor M.M. FINCK, as she helps you demystify the querying process. Learn what to include in your letter to agents and what to skip, how long it should be, and what to say if you don’t have many (or any) writing credits. You’ll leave with a new level of comfort and a road map for making your query the best it can be. But that’s not all! After the class, each attendee will have an opportunity to meet for fifteen minutes, one-on-one, with one of four query experts to get personalized feedback on your own query letter. Appointment times will be scheduled first come first serve, and space is limited. Don’t miss out! Details about your one-on-one appointments, including your assigned time slot, will be sent via email. Be sure to leave your day open until 2 pm, so we can plan appointments accordingly. We are unable to take requests for specific time slots.
Registration opens the first week of January 2021. To be among the first to be notified, be sure to sign up for our e-newsletter HERE.
Date: Saturday, February 6, 2021
Time: 9:30 am – 11:30 am | Master Class; 12 Noon – 2:00 pm | One-on-One Meetings
Price: $65 Members; $85 Non-members
Registration closes either on Thursday, Feb 4, or when capacity is reached.
View the full 2021 Master Class schedule HERE.
INSTRUCTOR
M.M. FINCK is a Novelist, essayist, & niche editor specializing in queries, pitches, opening pages, & overall story analysis at the “Query Quill.” She serves as Vice President of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, book reviewer, speaker, amateur cook, volunteer teacher, and all around Girl Friday fueled by Diet Coke, Sauvignon Blanc, and dark chocolate. Finck oversees the ‘Interviews’ and ‘Agents’ Corner’ segments for the magazine and online community Women Writers, Women[‘s] Books where she interviews bestselling and up-and-coming authors, literary agents from top agencies, and editors. Her own women’s fiction is represented by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency.
Website: https://www.mmfinck.com/ Facebook: @MMFinck Twitter: @MMFinck