Our VIRTUAL workshop will take place July 8-11, 2021.
Business and Craft Tracks. Pitch Sessions. Virtual Book Signing. Networking. Author Readings. Writing Sprints. Critique Groups. And more!
$60 for the whole event, $25 for single days.
Special Guests
Amy Acosta is an acquisition and production editor at Entangled Publishing. She is interested in diversity-rich YA, NA, and Adult fiction in the genres of Contemporary Romance, Historical (Regency/Victorian), Fantasy, and Science Fiction. Her favorite stories contain unlikely casts, big families, personalities that stand out, worlds struggling against change, climate issues, high-stakes adventures, spaceships, witty banter, enemies to lovers, fake dating, strong friendships, quirky small towns, smart and sassy heroines/heroes, and LGBTQ+ rep across the rainbow. One of her main goals is to help LGBTQ+ and POC voices become mainstream and bring diversity into the publishing world. Amy lives in Puerto Rico with three very bossy rescue cats, and she ardently believes that love has no boundaries, that representation matters, and that spaceships are very cool. Find her on Twitter @AmarilysWrites
Omnium Gatherum is a Bram Stoker Award-winning small press that specializes in weird fiction, dark fantasy and horror. We are seeking novel series and novella series with compelling main characters and contemporary or near future settings. Writers whose stories feature locations or mythologies from countries other than the US and UK are encouraged to submit.
Andy Ross opened his literary agency in 2008. Prior to that, he was the owner of the legendary Cody's Books in Berkeley for 30 years. His agency represents books in a wide range of non-fiction genres including: narrative non-fiction, science, journalism, history, popular culture, memoir, and current events. He also represents literary, commercial, historical, and upmarket women’s fiction, and YA and middle grade fiction.
For non-fiction Andy looks for writing with a strong voice, robust story arc, and books that tell a big story about culture and society by authors with the authority to write about their subject. In fiction, he likes character and voice-driven stories about real people in the real world. Sorry. No zombies at the prom, thank you very much.
Andy has participated and taught classes in numerous writers conferences including: San Francisco Writers Conference, Kauai Writers Conference, San Miguel de Allende Writers Conference, Nebraska Writers Conference, and more. He has organized and conducted writing intensive workshops with Linda Watanabe McFerrin in Santa Fe and in Scotland.
Andy is the author of The Literary Agent’s Guide to Writing a Non-Fiction Book Proposal
Authors Andy represents include: Daniel Ellsberg, Fritjof Capra, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, Susan Griffin, Thomas Sanchez, Leonard Shlain, Gwen Strauss, Anjanette Delgado, Elisa Kleven, Tawni Waters, Randall Platt, Mary Jo McConahay, Gerald Nachman, Michael Parenti, Paul Krassner, Milton Viorst, and Michele Anna Jordan, and Scott Ostler.
Check out Andy's website.
Website: www.andyrossagency.com
Steve Saffel is a senior acquisitions editor for the London-based publisher Titan Book, with a list that includes science fiction, fantasy, and horror, as well as media-tie in properties that include Alien, Predator, Gears of War, Mass Effect, and the Marvel novels.
Alethea Spiridon has been an editor for over twenty years working both in-house and freelance. She spent seven years at Harlequin as an editor and has been with Entangled since 2011. She also writes fiction in her spare time.
I am a Montreal artist who specializes in images illustrating dark worlds and stories where horror and macabre meet. My images are characterized by a highly textured, emotionally evocative and sensitive universe. Even through my darkest images, we can recognize a certain beauty and fragility. Although I am trained as a classical artist, my work and creative methods have been transposed into the digital world, allowing me to rework my images in a more fluid way until the desired result is achieved. Check out my work at https://www.francois-art.com/.
What exactly is the IYWM workshop?
Some people may call it a retreat, others call it a residency. We call it amazing!
The days at the In Your Write Mind Workshop are packed full with amazing modules to help you grow as a writer. You will meet many other authors, intent on polishing their craft and getting published (if they're not already). Beyond being an incredible learning experience, you will find this to be a unique networking environment.
You can now explore our updated schedule right here!
Presenter bios can be found here.
What events happen at the IYWM workshop?
Book Signing and Expo
Join a number of authors for our annual book signing/expo. This event is open to the public.
Public Forum
The public is welcome to attend a special guest keynote hosted by the SHU Writing Popular Fictions MFA program.
The Costume Party
*Costumes not required to attend...but they can if they want to!
Stay Home, Stay Safe, Have Fun
This online event features a main stage where experts will lead the event. You can interact with the onscreen presenters, other attendees, and event staff through the chat area, and take polls as they pop up there as well. After the presentations, you can explore other areas of our virtual event space.
The Expo area features vendors just like at a convention. Here you will find publishers, authors, other workshops, and more.
In the Networking area, you can meet other attendees in speed networking sessions of 30 seconds to 3 minutes in length. If you want to maintain this connection you can exchange contact info that will be stored in your Hopin profile for later reference, just like exchanging business cards at an in-person event. The system introduces you to other attendees at random.
All you need to join us is:
- a Hopin account
- a ticket to the event
- a strong internet connection
At this time our events are not compatible with the Safari web browser on laptop, desktop, and Android. For Apple phones and tablets Safari is the only compatible browser. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions regarding AllAccessCon events are available at this evolving knowledge base.
Code of Conduct
The In Your Write Mind Workshop is sponsored by Seton Hill University and the alumni of the Writing Popular Fiction Program. As such, we operate under the umbrella of SHU's Code of Conduct and harassment policies. Read more about Seton Hill's Harassment-Free Community and Title IX at the university website.
