Agent Jessica Regel discusses the difficulty of staying in the mid-list and how important it is to have a strong concept that keeps you at the top of the list for a long time.

Using flashbacks in a story can be tricky. Agent Harvey Klinger shares thoughts on whether they should be part of your story and if so, how to do it well.

The young adult market is on the forefront of the shifts in publishing today. Leading agent Laurie McLean discusses how trends in digital media are visible in the YA market.

Literary agent and Dean of San Francisco Writer's University, Laurie McLean, discusses the need for authors to learn about and use social media and start using it now. Click here to play this audio clip

Literary Agent Pam van Hylckama Vlieg discusses her favorite part about reading YA fiction, and the things that YA authors can get away with, that others might not Click here to play this audio clip

The young adult market is on the forefront of the shifts in publishing today. Leading agent Laurie McLean discusses how trends in digital media are visible in the YA market. Click here to play this audio clip

Rhiannon Frater, hugely successful indie author of the As the World Dies trilogy, describes how she found an agent by leveraging the contacts she'd built while creating her indie career. Click here to play this audio clip

Literary agent and publishing veteran Laurie McLean shares her expertise on the Young Adult fiction market, sharing why it's such a hot market and explaining the basics of what kind of books fit in this market. Click here to play this audio clip

Using flashbacks in a story can be tricky. Agent Harvey Klinger shares thoughts on whether they should be part of your story and if so, how to do it well. Click here to play this audio clip

Agent Jessica Regel discusses the difficulty of staying in the mid-list and how important it is to have a strong concept that keeps you at the top of the list for a long time. Click here to play this audio clip