Sunday, January 5, 2020
Insider Workshop:
Why you Don't YET have a book published
with
Jeff Herman
Includes: Free copy ($29.99 value) of Jeff Herman’s Guide to Book Publishers, Editors and Literary Agents.
Location:
The Galen at Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert is located at 72-567 Highway 111, Palm Desert, CA 92260. The museum is located next to Cuistot Restaurant, and faces Hwy 111.
Driving Entrance to the Museum: click map for directions
If driving Hwy 111 from Palm Springs toward Palm Desert, there is an entrance to the museum off of 111, just before El Paseo. There's also an entrance off El Paseo. Lots of FREE parking.
Classroom: Enter through the main front door. There are adequate outlets for people who need to charge their phones or iPads.
Insider Workshop Description:
Many brilliant writers never get published, while many "OK" writers are perpetually writers. There are discoverable reasons why a few succeed while most don't, and editorial quality is one of the least important attributes.
Learning Points
- Why it might be more likely you’ll get arrested than get published.
- Why bad writers get published, maybe even rich and famous.
- The ways excellent writers disqualify themselves (decompensation).
- How to know what you really want to achieve as a writer.
- How writers either “choose” to succeed or fail.
This session appeals to: Fiction, Nonfiction, Marketing/Pitching, Business of being a writer, Children/YA, Poetry, Writer Creativity, Publishing Trends
Session level: Intermediate and Master Class
Class format: Presentation/Q & A
Insider Workshop Schedule:
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
About the Insider Workshop facilitator:
The Jeff Herman Agency, LLC
PO Box 1522 * 29 Park Street, Stockbridge, MA 01262
413-298-0077 jeff@jeffherman.com www.jeffherman.com
JEFF HERMAN, Literary Agent
Jeff Herman opened his literary agency in the mid-1980s while in his mid-20s. He has made over one-thousand book deals, including many bestsellers. His own books include JEFF HERMAN’S GUIDE TO PUBLISHERS, EDITORS & LITERARY AGENTS (more than 500,000 copies sold), and WRITE THE PERFECT BOOK PROPOSAL (coauthored with Deborah Herman). He has presented hundreds of workshops about writing and publishing, and has been interviewed for dozens of publications and programs.
Shortly after graduating from Syracuse University, Herman was riding the subway on a hot summer day when he spotted an ad stating: “I found my job in The New York Times.” He promptly bought a copy and answered some Help-Wanted ads. A few days later he was summoned for an interview with the Publicity Director at an independent publishing house, and was hired on the spot as her assistant for $200 a week (1981). Showering, shaving, wearing a suit, saying little and promising to show up were the clinchers.
The publicity department comprised Herman and his boss, who took her summer vacation his first week on the job. He was left “in charge” though he knew nothing about publicity, publishing or how an office functioned. But he was a quick study and soon helped make WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE a massive bestseller.
In time, Herman followed the money into corporate marketing, where he worked on various product promotion campaigns for Nabisco, AT&T, and many other large and small brands. But books were his passion and calling.
Today, Jeff Herman is an exceptionally successful veteran literary agent, entrepreneur and author. His areas of editorial expertise include popular business, spirituality, self-help and much more. “If I feel I can sell it, I’ll represent it”, says Herman.
Click here to register for this workshop
Registration Details:
- PSWG Members: $90.00
- Non-Members: $180.00
- Online payments preferred and are rectified within 24 hours. Check or cash payments are rectified within 2 weeks.*
- Payment in Full is confirmation of seating.
- Online payment via AffiniPay or credit card only.
- To received a full refund minus a $25 cancellation processing fee, attendees must cancel their registration 5 days before the event. No refunds will be given after that time.
- Day of insider workshop sales available ONLY if workshop is not full. Bring check. Workshop events are limited to 40 participants.
- Click here to register for this workshop
*Why does it take 2 weeks? Once mailed, your check takes 3 days to arrive at our post office box. Our volunteer Treasurer checks the post office box once a week and then takes the check(s) to be deposited to the bank. Later the Treasurer logs into the database and manually rectifies your payment.
Event Contact: Jim Misko: jim@jimmisko.com
