How to Land a Book Deal in 2024
If you want to get your book traditionally published in 2024—be it fiction, nonfiction, a children’s book, or memoir—increase your chances by knowing how to evaluate the commercial potential of your work and learning the best way to approach editors, agents, and publishers.
This intensive and information-filled 120-minute live webinar helps you think like an industry insider who makes decisions every day on what work merits print publication. You’ll get practical advice and tools to help you develop strong pitch letters and proposal materials for both fiction and nonfiction-plus back-door methods for networking with agents and editors.
Avoid frustration-don’t embark on the submission process in 2024 without being fully educated about how the industry works, from an impartial point of view. You will better focus your time and energy, increase your chances of success, and learn to decipher the language of industry professionals.
If you want more online education, see the full list of WDU courses here.
This Tuesday: Taking Your Story to BookTok: TikTok for Writers
TikTok represents a powerful tool for reaching a broad range of potential readers who do not discover books through traditional channels and seek a deeper relationship with the authors they choose. The #BookTok community has generated 136.1 billion (with a b!) views connected to that hashtag alone. This voracious group of readers and writers is inexhaustibly in search of videos about books and about the craft of writing.
In this live webinar, discover how to unlock the power of the platform for authors and writers, best practices for developing and posting content, how to connect with readers, how to monetize organically, and more.
Enter the Short Short Story Competition!
We’re looking for short fiction stories! Think you can write a winning story in 1,500 words or less? Enter the 24th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition for your chance to win $3,000 in cash, get published in Writer’s Digest magazine, and a paid trip to our ever-popular Writer’s Digest Conference!
Deadline to enter: December 15, 2023