World building is a special skill for authors. Agent Jessica Regel shares thoughts on how to do it well so that you readers can really connect to the world you've created. 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

Harvey Klinger, literary agent, provides perspective on the need for strong prologue that hooks the reader with a cliff hanger that draws them into the story. He also shares thoughts on how to effectively employ a flashback in your story. Click here...

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

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

World building is a special skill for authors. Agent Jessica Regel shares thoughts on how to do it well so that you readers can really connect to the world you've created.

Agent Jennifer Weltz offers thoughts on the YA market today and how it has changed over time and what makes good YA Fiction today. Click here to play this audio clip

Agent Harvey Klinger offers thoughts on the importance of having a passion for what you are writing and how formulaic writing often doesn't work in place of passion. Click here to play this audio clip

Harvey Klinger, literary agent, provides perspective on the need for strong prologue that hooks the reader with a cliff hanger that draws them into the story. He also shares thoughts on how to effectively employ a flashback in your story. Click here...