Led by senior literary agent Amanda Orozco, this interactive 3-hour workshop aims to provide you a comprehensive overview of the agent-author relationship and its many facets from beginning to end. Agented and unagented writers alike will hear concrete answers to questions such as: 

• What is the role of the agent in the literary ecosystem? 

• How do agents work within the publishing industry in relation to the author, the editor, and the publisher? 

• What does a successful author-agent relationship look like? 

• How do I acquire an agent? 

• What are the various steps and/or paths to signing with one? 

• How do I determine when an agent is the right one for me? 

• Once I have signed with an agent, what are best practices in how to work with them? 

• How do I maintain the author-agent relationship over the long-term?

Don’t miss this interactive opportunity to learn from a top working agent!