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How your gift makes a difference
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Fall Workshop for Writers
How to Get an Agent for Your Novel or Memoir
Instructor: Nancy Crochiere (Bio)
Date and Time: Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 | 6:00-7:30 pm
Location: Online – Zoom
(Link will be sent to students before day of event)
Cost: $75.
Course Description: If your goal is a book deal with a traditional publisher, you’ll first need a literary agent. In this session, we’ll cover the steps to finding an agent, including identifying competitive books; writing a killer query letter; pinpointing which agents to query; and ten things you should never do when querying an agent.
Questions? Please contact M.G. Barlow
HOW TO REGISTER:
1. Click Pay Now button (above) to register.
2. Pay via PayPal or scroll to use a debit or credit card.
*½ of each tuition will be a tax-deductable donation to the Literary Association.
Please watch for an email with a link to the workshop one week before your session begins. If you don’t receive this email, please check your spam folders or reach out to mgbarlow.author@gmail.com.
Nancy Crochiere’s debut novel, Graceland (Avon/HarperCollins, 2023) was an Amazon Kindle bestseller and named a top summer read by Parade, Woman’s World, and Deep South Magazines. Prior to writing fiction, Nancy was a family-humor columnist for two newspapers and collected her essays into the book The Mother Load. With her children now grown, Nancy lives north of Boston with her husband and occasionally acts as an extra in TV shows and movies.
2024 Festival Highlights
2024 Sunday Program
2024 Honorees
The Newburyport Literary Festival celebrates its 19th year in 2024. To get the celebration started, we are honoring three of our own.
Local historians Bethany Groff Dorau, Dyke Hendrickson, and Ghlee E. Woodworth will be in conversation, moderated by former Newburyport Daily News editor, Richard K. Lodge. It will be an evening celebrating our wonderful community, including past and present perspectives, historical milestones, anecdotes, musings, and plenty of discussion.Come to the Firehouse, be there and in your seat by six o’clock on April 26th, 2024!
inspired Series
Inspired Series
About the Festival
The Newburyport Literary Association, Inc. was founded in 2005.
Many individuals and organizations share the vision of the Newburyport Literary Festival. The NLF is especially grateful for the generous support of our founding sponsor, the Newburyport Bank Charitable Foundation and to all the other businesses and individuals who have made it possible for the festival to take root and flourish.
In case you missed any of our previous events…
Recordings of our past events are available via our YouTube Channel.
Please be sure to follow us on social media to hear about upcoming author interviews or panel discussions.
Founding Sponsors
Additional Funding & Support By
Workshops for Writers — At All Levels!
Writing Class
The Newburyport Literary Association will co-sponsor a writing class for those who have thought about writing but haven’t gotten started for whatever reason.
- It will be taught by Vicki Hendrickson, in her home.
- The class will run from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.,
for eight weeks from OCT 15–DEC 3, 2024. - We will use various texts, complete exercises, and discuss the writing experience.
- I will invite various authors to join us from time to time.
There is no quick and easy way to learn to write well. Like everything, it requires practice. And there is no ONE TRUTH. Except, possibly this, writing teaches you—about yourself, others, and imagination. An excellent return on investment!
Eight weekly Tuesdays
from OCT 15–DEC 3, 2024, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $300*. Class limit: 8.
Questions?
Call (978.361.6008) or Email Vicki
How to Get an Agent for Your Novel or Memoir
Instructor: Nancy Crochiere (Bio)
Date and Time: Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 | 6:00-7:30 pm
Location: Online – Zoom
(Link will be sent to students before day of event)
Cost: $75.
Course Description: If your goal is a book deal with a traditional publisher, you’ll first need a literary agent. In this session, we’ll cover the steps to finding an agent, including identifying competitive books; writing a killer query letter; pinpointing which agents to query; and ten things you should never do when querying an agent.
Questions? Please contact M.G. Barlow
Nancy Crochiere’s debut novel, Graceland (Avon/HarperCollins, 2023) was an Amazon Kindle bestseller and named a top summer read by Parade, Woman’s World, and Deep South Magazines. Prior to writing fiction, Nancy was a family-humor columnist for two newspapers and collected her essays into the book The Mother Load. With her children now grown, Nancy lives north of Boston with her husband and occasionally acts as an extra in TV shows and movies.
HOW TO REGISTER:
1. Click Pay Now button (above) to register.
2. Pay via PayPal or scroll to use a debit or credit card.
*½ of each tuition will be a tax-deductable donation to the Literary Association.
