From 10:00 am until 1:00 pm
At West Branch Regional Library - ON ZOOM ONLY
1425 Chaffee Rd S, Jacksonville, FL 32221
Bio:
Scott Eagan opened Greyhaus Literary Agency in 2003 with three goals in mind:
To remain a small agency focusing only on Romance and Women's Fiction; to provide educational opportunities for writers in these genres and to make efforts to enhance the romance and women's fiction genres; and to assist with increasing communications between the professional publishing community and the writers.
Being a small agency as well as being focused on a small number of genres gives him the chance to work closer with his writers as well as stay up with the ever-changing trends in romance and women's fiction.
Scott's education includes a BA in English Literature, An MA in Literacy, and an MA in Creative Writing.
Scott is an active member of the Romance Writers of America and still dabbles in writing as a hobby.
Outside of the agency, Scott is an instructor with the UCLA Extension Program. He also provides critiques with Writer's Digest and does book reviews with Publisher's Weekly.
His family continues to keep him busy with one who swims competitively, one who rides Hunter/Jumper equestrian, and one who dances. https://scotteagan.blogspot.com/
THIS WILL BE ON ZOOM ONLY
Workshop One: Marketing Your Research, Finding Your Audience.
Goals for the session:
Learning how to identify if there is a market for your writing.
Determining what type of writing you want to pursue – traditional, self-published, independent, or personal satisfaction
How to shape your writing to that market
Learning how to remember your audience as you write
Develop an understanding of how to shape your proposals
Learn how to market you book toward your readers.
Key points to be discussed will be a focus on the before, middle and after of writing. The goal is to help authors know if their writing is even right for the market, how to shape their writing to that market, and how to target your submissions to editors and agents. Finally the workshop will help participants learn how to market their book effectively based on audience analysis
Workshop Two: Demystifying romance and women’s fiction.
Goals for the session:
Rationale for knowing your subgenres: writing is about marketing and product placement.
Common myths about romance and women’s fiction.
Understanding romance.
Understanding women’s fiction.
