Why does it take forever for our most anticipated books to hit shelves? What happens between acquisition and publication? If getting published is the end goal, why does it take so long?! Publishing is an industry based on precision, care, and accuracy–and the more authors understand about the process going into it, the better everyone will understand each other! We’ll discuss how acquisition works (and the many teams involved), what happens during editing (and how you can make the process easier on everyone), how your cover gets chosen (and who gets an opinion), and when you’ll finally get paid (not as soon as you think!). This class will give you an understanding of how publishing works and why–how to talk about it like a well-informed writer–and what you can do NOW to increase your chances.
This class is appropriate for all genres and age groups, and is taught by Melissa Warten Vogan.
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About the Instructor
Melissa Vogan (Warten)
Melissa Vogan (Warten) is an editor at Epic for Kids, the leading digital reading platform for children, where she works on IP comics development projects for readers ages 12 and under, including the smash hit series Cat Ninja. Prior to Epic, she spent more than five years on the editorial team at Farrar Straus Giroux Books working on picture books, middle grade, young adult, and select nonfiction and graphic novel projects.
Her notable editorial work includes the popular Cat Ninja and Bright Family franchises, New York Times bestselling titles We Hunt the Flame and We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal, and award-winning titles by Maurene Goo, Barbara O’Connor, Sarah Allen, Hanif Abdurraqib, Tegan and Sara Quin, and Tillie Walden. Melissa is a graduate of Boston College and the Columbia Publishing Course. Find her on Twitter: @melissa_warten