Lit Lab: Winter Workshop Series with Marie Lamba

This workshop requires tickets. There are two options. One admits you to the workshop, and the other includes a copy of GREEN GREEN. The ticket option that includes the book offers excellent value, as the author will personally sign this book, as well as any additional books purchased at The Doylestown Bookshop during the workshop evening.

How to Pitch and Query Like a Pro: Tips and Techniques That Make Agents Take Notice With Senior Literary Agent Marie Lamba of The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency

Literary agents are always looking for great fiction to represent. But writers have only a small window of opportunity, whether during a pitch session or through a query letter, to impress an agent. Pitching and querying can be tricky. If you don’t know the ropes, you might be blowing your chances with a slew of agents, and getting an inbox filled with rejections, or worse, with no replies at all.

HOW TO PITCH AND QUERY LIKE A PRO will show writers how to avoid serious pitfalls and how to best showcase their works of fiction. Senior Literary Agent Marie will share insider’s tips and take you step-by-step through the pitching and querying process. Learn how to craft a strong hook, how to target queries for the best results, what can make or break a verbal pitch, and much more! At the end of this workshop, you’ll have all the skills you need to make your work stand out, and to pitch and query like a true pro, taking you a step closer to your goal of publication.

Points covered will include:

· Basic structure of both a query and a pitch

· How to incorporate your voice into a query

· What research needs to be done before querying

· How to act during and after you pitch to an agent

· What questions to expect after a pitch

· How to follow the query and pitch formats but still stand out

About our Guest:

Marie Lamba is a Senior Literary Agent at the Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency (jdlit.com), where she represents picture books, middle grade, YA and adult fiction, plus graphic novels, memoir and non-fiction. Marie (marielamba.com) is author of the picture books Green Green (Farrar Straus Giroux) and A Day So Gray (Clarion), and of the young adult novels What I Meant… (Random House), Over My Head, and Drawn. Her articles are in more than 100 publications, and she’s a frequent contributor to Writer’s Digest.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Doylestown Bookshop, 16 S Main St, Doylestown, United States