Stockholm Writers Festival
Join us for Stockholm Writers Festival (SWF), May 28 – 30, 2021. This year’s conference will be online, opening the doors to writers anywhere in the world.
SWF is a celebration of writing where you can find your community, hone your skills and learn the intricacies of the industry! The program includes Q&As with authors, genre workshops, pitching tips from industry pros and much more.
We’ll be presenting How to Locate, Lure and Land an Agent on May 29 and hosting Pitchapalooza on May 30.
Participating authors include Sarah Waters (Tipping the Velvet, Affinity, Fingersmith, The Night Watch, The Little Stranger and The Paying Guests) and Grant Faulkner (Pep Talks for Writers: 52 Insights and Prompts to Boost Your Creative Mojo and executive director of National Novel Writing Month). Agents include Caroline Hardman (Hardman & Swainson), Ayesha Pande (Ayesha Pande Literary), and Kate Greenstreet (C&W).
Learn more and reserve your seat at stockholmwritersfestival.com.
Get Published …Today! Workshop
It is the greatest time in history to be a writer. The barrier to publishing has been torn down and now anyone can get published. But to get published successfully is a whole other matter. We will take you through the entire publishing process. This step-by-step, soups-to-nuts workshop will remove the smoke and mirrors from the murky world of publishing and give writers a compass and map to a successfully published book. Topics covered include:
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Choosing the right idea
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Crafting an attention-getting pitch
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Finding the right agent/publisher
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Self-publishing effectively without getting ripped off
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Finding your audience and building a following through social media.
The workshop will take place via Zoom. A registration link will be sent via email.
Proceeds from this workshop benefit Succeed2gether, a Montclair-based non-profit 501(c) organization that addresses unequal access to educational resources for low-income families and children from Montclair and Essex County, NJ. A portion of each $25 workshop ticket is donated to Succeed2gether.
Sign up for Get Published …Today! at Succeed2gether.
The Book Doctors Present at Kauai Writers Conference
Aloha! The Book Doctors are headed to Hawaii.
Pack your swimsuits and manuscripts and join us at the Kauai Writers Conference, November 4 – 10, 2019, where we’ll be presenting with a cavalcade of world-class writers, agents and editors. Do yourself and your book a favor and come to the Garden Island, where bestselling and award-winning writers will help you get your manuscript ready for the world; where top agents and publishers (not the typical young and inexperienced publishing folks who normally show up at these conferences) will be ready and waiting to hear your pitch; where four-day master classes on how to build a platform (with us!) and how to turn life into art, among many others, will be served up with mai tais with little umbrellas in them.
Because this is such a rare and wonderful opportunity, we asked if our readers could receive a 10% discount. And the kind folks at the Kauai Writers Conference have said YES! The code is bookdr789. Enter it on the checkout page.
We hope you’ll move fast because they are almost out of rooms at the hotel (great conferences sell out super fast). The conference hotel is the place to be. While you can stay anywhere on the island, the conference hotel is where you may run into the agent or editor of your dreams one night in the Tiki Lounge! This is how careers get made.
Featured Authors
In addition to yours truly, Kauai Writers Conference has a lineup of rockstar authors, agents, and publishing insiders.
- Paula McLain
- Greg Iles
- Meg Wolitzer
- Christina Baker Kline
- Téa Obreht
- Lisa Wingate
- And more!
Where It’s Located
Kauai, the oldest of the Hawaiian islands, has waterfalls, rainforests, rare habitats, sculpted cliffs, and more beaches than the other islands. The conference is held at an exquisite resort nestled in a cove, a perfect spot for novice surfers.
What It Includes
- Four days of master classes (November 4 – 7)
- A three-day conference (November 8 – 10)
- Talks by beloved authors
- Intimate small group discussions
- Individual sessions with literary agents
- Group and individual consultations with leading experts on alternatives to traditional publishing
- An immersive Hawaiian experience
Who Should Attend
Any writer looking to get successfully published will benefit immensely from coming to this conference. And frankly, any human will benefit immensely from coming to Kauai. Whether it’s in-depth writing instruction with some of the best authors and teachers in the world, or learning about the publishing business from industry insiders, or actually meeting an agent who could take you on as a client, the Kauai Writers Conference will be a boon for writers at all stages in their careers.
The conference sheds light on the ever-changing landscape of the modern book business. Traditional publishing, self-publishing, hybrid models: the faculty roster boasts experts who’ll help you realize what’s right for you and how to achieve your dreams.
See you in Kauai! Aloha.
Check out our upcoming events for Pitchapaloozas, conferences, and more.
Book Doctors’ Master Classes
How to Get Your Book Successfully Published
LIMITED TO 8 WRITERS
We have helped hundreds of writers get successfully published through our workshops and our book, The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published. Now we are opening up our home and taking to the web to host two six-week master classes that will be tailored to the books of the eight writers who participate. You will come out of the master class with:
- A polished pitch
- A bio that brings the best out in you
- Comparable titles
- A publishing strategy: Agent/Big 5 publisher, independent publisher, or self-publishing?
- A list of agents or publishers tailored to your book
- A toolkit to build your platform
- And much more
The class will be limited to eight writers.
WHEN: In-person classes will be Mondays from 7-9PM beginning September 17, 2018. Online classes will be Sundays from 3-5PM (EDT) beginning September 16, 2018.
WHERE: We’re hosting the in-person master class in Montclair, NJ. The online master class is open to anyone with an internet connection anywhere in the world.
PRICE: $650 through June 17, 2018. $750 beginning June 18.
Interested? Want to join a master class?
Contact us at arielle@thebookdoctors.com for more information.
The Book Doctors Master Class
How to Get Your Book Successfully Published
8 Weeks, 8 Writers, 8 Books
We have helped hundreds of writers get successfully published through our workshops and our book, The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published. Now we are opening up our home to host an eight-week master class that will be tailored to the books of the eight writers who participate. You will come out of the master class with:
- A polished pitch
- A bio that brings the best out in you
- Comparable titles
- A publishing strategy: Agent/Big 5 publisher, Independent publisher, or self-publishing?
- A list of agents or publishers tailored to your book
- A toolkit to build your platform
- And much more
WHEN: Wednesdays, April 18-June 6, 2018, 7:00-9:00 PM
PRICE: $1,000
The class will be LIMITED to EIGHT writers. Interested? Contact us at arielle@thebookdoctors.com for more information.
Webinar: Why Do Books Get Rejected?
Since the first writer wrote the first story by chiseling it into a large rock, then had her creation rudely rejected by the first publisher down in some dark, cold cave, writers have been asking the question: Why? Why didn’t I get a six-figure book deal? Why did the agent who loved my query then proceed to ghost me? Why did all those editors turn down my book, which almost certainly would be the greatest book in the history of books, if only they bothered to publish it?
The Book Doctors will answer these question, and so many more, in their upcoming webinar. From the nuts and bolts of having a great pitch, a totally awesome first sentence, a mind-boggling first page, a righteously compelling platform, and dealing with the eccentricities of a cruel God in an uncaring universe, The Book Doctors will break it down as only they can.
Figuring out how to not only deal with rejection, but actually to learn from it, and move forward with intelligent (as opposed to stupid) persistence is often the difference between succeeding in publishing, and ending up heavily medicated. We don’t want you heavily medicated. Come to our webinar instead. You can do it in your pajamas with bad hair!
8:00PM EST
How to Get Successfully Published TODAY: Big 5, Indy, or Self-Publish?
Join us for a webinar on Wednesday, July 16, 8:00-9:30 p.m. EDT.
Only 100 slots available. And if you can’t join the webinar live, we’ll happily send you a link to the recording afterward.
About the Webinar
It’s the greatest time in history to be a writer. There are more ways now to get published than ever before. Yes, it’s great to have so many options, but they’re all so confusing. That’s where The Book Doctors come in, with a prescription for making your book a rousing success.
This interactive seminar will break down the three paths to publishing:
1) The Big Five (HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster etc.)
2) Independent Publisher (whether in the form of a university press, a literary press or a press specializing in a particular subject)
3) Self-publishing
In addition, three writers will be chosen at random to pitch their books in 1 MINUTE. We will then break down (in a kind and gentle manner!) the strengths and weaknesses of the pitch, and then use these pitches to help workshop attendees to understand which path (traditional, independent, or self-publishing) would be appropriate for each kind of book. Whether you get to pitch or not, we can assure you that you’ll come away with an understanding of which path(s) will be appropriate for your book as well. There will also be a question and answer period, so come prepared.
Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry are co-founders of The Book Doctors, a company that has helped dozens and dozens of talented writers and experts become professionally published authors. They are also co-authors of The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How To Write It, Sell It, and Market It… Successfully (Workman, 2010). Arielle Eckstut has been a literary agent for over 20 years at The Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency. She is also the author of nine books and the co-founder of the iconic brand, LittleMissMatched. David Henry Sterry is the best-selling author of 16 books, on a wide variety of subject including memoir, sports, YA fiction and reference. They have taught their workshop on how to get published everywhere from Stanford University to Smith College. They have appeared everywhere from The New York Times to NPR’s Morning Edition to USA Today.
Anyone who buys a copy of our book, The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How To Write It, Sell It, and Market It… Successfully, will receive a FREE 20 minute consultation ($100 value) from The Book Doctors. Just email a copy of your receipt to david@thebookdoctors.com.
Wednesday, July 16, 8:00-9:30 p.m. EDT.
Cost: $50 (was $75)
Register now! Limited-time Discount