Agents report that they’re flooded with more queries and proposals than ever before, even as publishers cut back the number of books they produce each year. How can you break through the noise and get your project noticed?
This workshop, hosted by my friends at Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN), will help you step back and see your fiction or nonfiction work through fresh eyes and a business-based perspective. We’ll identify the things that make your work unique, marketable, and irresistible to publishing gatekeepers, and then with lots of examples and time for practice and personal feedback, we’ll work on verbal “elevator pitches,” one-paragraph hooks, and query letters.
Pitch Your Book So Publishers Pay Attention -- BARN September 2021Beth Jusino
Agents report that they’re flooded with more queries and proposals than ever before, even as publishers cut back the number of books they produce each year. How can you break through the noise and get your project noticed? This class will help you step back and see your fiction or nonfiction work through fresh eyes and a business-based perspective. We’ll identify the things that make your work unique, marketable, and irresistible to publishing gatekeepers, and then with lots of examples and time for practice and personal feedback, we’ll work on verbal “elevator pitches,” the short hooks that are also great for query letters. We’ll also cover the structure of a query letter, and some tips and tricks for getting an agent or publisher’s attention.
This is also a valuable class for self-publishing writers who want to pitch their books so that readers pay attention.
Pitch Your Book So Publishers Pay AttentionBeth Jusino
Agents and publishers are flooded with more queries than ever before. How can you cut through the noise and get noticed? Let’s step back and look at your fiction or nonfiction work with fresh eyes. We’ll identify what makes your project unique, marketable, and irresistible to publishing gatekeepers, and then, with lots of examples and time for practice and feedback, work on verbal “elevator pitches,” one-paragraph hooks, and 1-2 page synopses. Shared July 31, 2021
Introducing the sensational bestsellers of 2023! These books are a delightful mix of laughter, inspiration, and gripping tales that have captured readers' hearts. From the heartwarming stories of educators making a difference to the thrilling adventures and twists in mystery novels, there's something for everyone. Step into the worlds of witchcraft, generational differences, and historical journeys that will keep you hooked. These books have garnered high praise and accolades, making them must-reads for any book lover. So grab a cozy spot, dive into these enchanting pages, and get ready for a fantastic reading experience in 2023!
Pitch Your Book So Publishers Pay Attention -- BARN September 2021Beth Jusino
Agents report that they’re flooded with more queries and proposals than ever before, even as publishers cut back the number of books they produce each year. How can you break through the noise and get your project noticed? This class will help you step back and see your fiction or nonfiction work through fresh eyes and a business-based perspective. We’ll identify the things that make your work unique, marketable, and irresistible to publishing gatekeepers, and then with lots of examples and time for practice and personal feedback, we’ll work on verbal “elevator pitches,” the short hooks that are also great for query letters. We’ll also cover the structure of a query letter, and some tips and tricks for getting an agent or publisher’s attention.
This is also a valuable class for self-publishing writers who want to pitch their books so that readers pay attention.
Pitch Your Book So Publishers Pay AttentionBeth Jusino
Agents and publishers are flooded with more queries than ever before. How can you cut through the noise and get noticed? Let’s step back and look at your fiction or nonfiction work with fresh eyes. We’ll identify what makes your project unique, marketable, and irresistible to publishing gatekeepers, and then, with lots of examples and time for practice and feedback, work on verbal “elevator pitches,” one-paragraph hooks, and 1-2 page synopses. Shared July 31, 2021
Introducing the sensational bestsellers of 2023! These books are a delightful mix of laughter, inspiration, and gripping tales that have captured readers' hearts. From the heartwarming stories of educators making a difference to the thrilling adventures and twists in mystery novels, there's something for everyone. Step into the worlds of witchcraft, generational differences, and historical journeys that will keep you hooked. These books have garnered high praise and accolades, making them must-reads for any book lover. So grab a cozy spot, dive into these enchanting pages, and get ready for a fantastic reading experience in 2023!
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Darkness Too Visible
Contemporary fiction for teens is rife with explicit abuse, violence and depravity; why is this considered a good idea?
GURDON, MEGHAN COX. The Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition) Volume: 257 Issue 129 (2011)
Amy Freeman, a 46-year-old mother of three, stood recently in the young-adult section of her local Barnes & Noble, in Bethesda, Md., feeling thwarted and disheartened.
She had popped into the bookstore to pick up a welcome-home gift for her 13-year-old, who had been away. Hundreds of lurid and dramatic covers stood on the racks before her, and there was, she felt, "nothing, not a thing, that I could imagine giving my daughter. It was all vampires and suicide and self-mutilation, this dark, dark stuff." She left the store empty-handed.
How dark is contemporary fiction for teens? Darker than when you were a child, my dear: So dark that kidnapping and pederasty and incest and brutal beatings are now just part of the run of things in novels directed, broadly speaking, at children from the ages of 12 to 18.
Pathologies that went undescribed in print 40 years ago, that were still only sparingly outlined a generation ago, are now spelled out in stomach-clenching detail. Profanity that would get a song or movie branded with a parental warning is, in young-adult novels, so commonplace that most reviewers do not even remark upon it.
If books show us the world, teen fiction can be like a hall of fun-house mirrors, constantly reflecting back hideously distorted portrayals of what life is. There are of course exceptions, but a careless young reader -- or one who seeks out depravity -- will find himself surrounded by images not of joy or beauty but of damage, brutality and losses of the most horrendous kinds.
Now, whether you care if adolescents spend their time immersed in ugliness probably depends on your philosophical outlook. Reading about homicide doesn't turn a man into a murderer; reading about cheating on exams won't make a kid break the honor code. But the calculus that many parents make is less crude than that: It has to do with a child's happiness, moral development and tenderness of heart. Entertainment does not merely gratify taste, after all, but creates it.
If you think it matters what is inside a young person's mind, surely it is of consequence what he reads. This is an old dialectic -- purity vs. despoliation, virtue vs. smut -- but for families with teenagers, it is also everlastingly new. Adolescence is brief; it comes to each of us only once, so whether the debate has raged for eons doesn't, on a personal level, really signify.
As it happens, 40 years ago, no one had to contend with young-adult literature because there was no such thing. There was simply literature, some of it accessible to young readers and some not. As elsewhere in American life, the 1960s changed everything. In 1967, S.E. Hinton published "The Outsiders," a raw and striking novel that dealt directly with class tensions, family dysfu.
The PowerPoint accompanying the 'Romancing the Gothic' Sunday lecture, 'It's only Twilight if it's from the Forks region; Anything else is just sparkling vampire romance': Twilight, the Gothic Novel and the Female Reader' by @KajaFranck.
Darkness Too VisibleContemporary fiction for teens is rife with .docxsimonithomas47935
Darkness Too Visible
Contemporary fiction for teens is rife with explicit abuse, violence and depravity; why is this considered a good idea?
GURDON, MEGHAN COX. The Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition) Volume: 257 Issue 129 (2011)
Amy Freeman, a 46-year-old mother of three, stood recently in the young-adult section of her local Barnes & Noble, in Bethesda, Md., feeling thwarted and disheartened.
She had popped into the bookstore to pick up a welcome-home gift for her 13-year-old, who had been away. Hundreds of lurid and dramatic covers stood on the racks before her, and there was, she felt, "nothing, not a thing, that I could imagine giving my daughter. It was all vampires and suicide and self-mutilation, this dark, dark stuff." She left the store empty-handed.
How dark is contemporary fiction for teens? Darker than when you were a child, my dear: So dark that kidnapping and pederasty and incest and brutal beatings are now just part of the run of things in novels directed, broadly speaking, at children from the ages of 12 to 18.
Pathologies that went undescribed in print 40 years ago, that were still only sparingly outlined a generation ago, are now spelled out in stomach-clenching detail. Profanity that would get a song or movie branded with a parental warning is, in young-adult novels, so commonplace that most reviewers do not even remark upon it.
If books show us the world, teen fiction can be like a hall of fun-house mirrors, constantly reflecting back hideously distorted portrayals of what life is. There are of course exceptions, but a careless young reader -- or one who seeks out depravity -- will find himself surrounded by images not of joy or beauty but of damage, brutality and losses of the most horrendous kinds.
Now, whether you care if adolescents spend their time immersed in ugliness probably depends on your philosophical outlook. Reading about homicide doesn't turn a man into a murderer; reading about cheating on exams won't make a kid break the honor code. But the calculus that many parents make is less crude than that: It has to do with a child's happiness, moral development and tenderness of heart. Entertainment does not merely gratify taste, after all, but creates it.
If you think it matters what is inside a young person's mind, surely it is of consequence what he reads. This is an old dialectic -- purity vs. despoliation, virtue vs. smut -- but for families with teenagers, it is also everlastingly new. Adolescence is brief; it comes to each of us only once, so whether the debate has raged for eons doesn't, on a personal level, really signify.
As it happens, 40 years ago, no one had to contend with young-adult literature because there was no such thing. There was simply literature, some of it accessible to young readers and some not. As elsewhere in American life, the 1960s changed everything. In 1967, S.E. Hinton published "The Outsiders," a raw and striking novel that dealt directly with class tensions, family dysfu.
The PowerPoint accompanying the 'Romancing the Gothic' Sunday lecture, 'It's only Twilight if it's from the Forks region; Anything else is just sparkling vampire romance': Twilight, the Gothic Novel and the Female Reader' by @KajaFranck.
Self Editing Your Memoir Lesson 4: Structure and ScenesBeth Jusino
Good writing focuses on active moments, not summaries. So let’s look at how the individual events you choose to write about work together to support the plot and keep the reader turning pages.
Self Editing Your Memoir, Lesson 2: Who Are These People?Beth Jusino
Evaluating how friends, family, and foes are treated both fairly and realistically
“Plot is what keeps you going when you read a story, character is what stays with you.” Ann Charters
Self Editing Your Novel, Lesson 2: Who Are These People?Beth Jusino
Who Are These People? Lesson 2 is all about the characters in your novel.
“Plot is what keeps you going when you read a story, character is what stays with you.” - Ann Charters
Self Editing Your Memoir Class 1: What's Your Story?Beth Jusino
Class 1 of Self Editing Your Memoir: What's your story? (Stepping back and charting the premise and reader-friendly hook of your memoir)
Taught at BARN, January 13, 2024
You wrote (or are writing) a book, but what happens after that? Should you self publish? Do you need an agent? Do you even have a chance to land a publishing contract?
In this class, hosted on Bainbridge Island by my friends at the Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN), we’ll take an unbiased, unvarnished, fast-paced, and up-to-date look at a modern writer’s publishing options, from “Big 5” traditional publishers to small presses to self publishing (with or without the support of service companies) to “hybrid” and other emerging models.
Taught by a publishing professional who works on and appreciates both sides of the publishing fence, this class gets past the hype and examines pros and cons of each choice, realistic costs and income potential, as well as scams and pitfalls to avoid. Most importantly, it helps writers seeking publication understand their own goals, strengths, and how to make a decision that’s best for them.
Pitch Your Book So Publishers Pay AttentionBeth Jusino
Agents and publishers are flooded with more queries than ever before. How can you cut through the noise and get noticed? In this class, we'll step back and look at your fiction or nonfiction work with fresh eyes and get publishers to pay attention.
Have you decided to take publishing into your own hands, and independently release your work to the world? Or are you wondering if this is a good choice for you? This is a growing market, and things change quickly. We will walk, step by step, through the self-publishing process, examining current opportunities and realities of independent publishing from a variety of perspectives. We’ll discuss content, formatting choices (print? ebook? audio? translations?), hiring freelancers, pricing, distribution options, and how to evaluate what options are best for your unique project. This class gets past the hype and examines the practical decisions that need to be made, realistic costs and income potential, as well as pitfalls to avoid. Most importantly, it helps writers evaluate self publishing in light of their own goals, strengths, and audience.
Author Marketing That Won't Make You MiserableBeth Jusino
This class explores the author’s role in marketing their books. We’ll look at when to use (and when to ignore) social and traditional media, events, influencers, contests, and other creative ways so that you’re prepared to build an author platform, promote a new release, or put life back into a book that’s been out for a while. Most importantly, this discussion will show you how to use your own unique strengths and passions, rather than following someone else’s formula.
You wrote (or are writing) a book, but what happens after that? Should you self publish? Do you need an agent? Do you even have a chance to land a publishing contract?
In this online, interactive class, hosted in July 2021 by my friends at Hugo House, we’ll take an unbiased, unvarnished, fast-paced, and up-to-date look at a modern writer’s publishing options, from “Big 5” traditional publishers to small presses to self publishing (with or without the support of service companies) to “hybrid” and other emerging models.
Taught by a publishing professional who works on and appreciates both sides of the publishing fence, this class gets past the hype and examines pros and cons of each choice, realistic costs and income potential, as well as scams and pitfalls to avoid. Most importantly, it helps writers seeking publication understand their own goals, strengths, and how to make a decision that’s best for them.
46 Self Editing Tips for Your Work in ProgressBeth Jusino
Presented to the Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network, February 22, 2020
You’ve written a book…but are you ready to share it with readers (if you're self publishing) or agents and publishers (if you're going the traditional route)? This energy-filled class walks both fiction and nonfiction writers through a practical, easy-to-apply checklist of 46 things to look for in their own work, from first draft to final layout. Following the production cycle of a book, we’ll talk about how to consider your work in progress the way a professional editor would, and how to recognize everything from pacing problems to formatting issues. We’ll talk about when you should tackle something yourself and when you might need outside support to help get to the next level. Get ready to look at your Work In Progress in a whole new way!
You Wrote a Book: Now What? Understanding Your Paths to PublicationBeth Jusino
This workshop takes an unbiased and unvarnished look at a modern writer’s publishing options, from “Big 5” traditional publishers to small presses to self publishing (with or without the support of service companies) to “hybrid” and other emerging models. Taught by a publishing professional who appreciates both sides of the fence, this class gets past the hype and examines pros and cons of each choice, realistic costs and income potential, as well as scams and pitfalls to avoid. Most importantly, it helps writers seeking publication understand their own goals, strengths, and how to make a decision that's best for them.
You Wrote a Book: Now What? Understanding Your Paths to PublicationBeth Jusino
This workshop, taught at the Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN) in June 2019, took an unbiased and unvarnished look at a modern writer’s publishing options, from “Big 5” traditional publishers to small presses to self publishing (with or without the support of service companies) to “hybrid” and other emerging models. Because I am a publishing professional who works on and appreciates both sides of the fence, we got past the hype and examined pros and cons of each choice, realistic costs and income potential, as well as scams and pitfalls to avoid. Most importantly, we helped writers seeking publication understand their own goals, strengths, and how to make a decision that's best for them.
The 740-kilometer section of the Camino that begins in Le Puy-en-Velay is one of the oldest recorded pilgrim routes to Santiago, and it passes through some of the most beautiful villages and countryside of France, but it’s still uncharted territory for many Americans. In this session, we will explore the Chemin du Puy, also known as the Via Podiensis – the history and spiritual significance; the practicalities of housing, guidebooks, and food; and what sets it apart from other, more familiar parts of the Camino trail network.
Presented at the Seattle Business of Books Bootcamp, hosted by The Author's Guild.
As a 21st century writer, you have more ways than ever before to get your book in front of readers, but navigating the options can be overwhelming. Let’s get past the hype and take an unbiased and unvarnished look at a modern writer’s publishing options, from large traditional publishers, to small presses, to self publishing (with or without the support of service companies), to hybrid and other emerging models.
Sharpen existing tools or get a new toolbox? Contemporary cluster initiatives...Orkestra
UIIN Conference, Madrid, 27-29 May 2024
James Wilson, Orkestra and Deusto Business School
Emily Wise, Lund University
Madeline Smith, The Glasgow School of Art
0x01 - Newton's Third Law: Static vs. Dynamic AbusersOWASP Beja
f you offer a service on the web, odds are that someone will abuse it. Be it an API, a SaaS, a PaaS, or even a static website, someone somewhere will try to figure out a way to use it to their own needs. In this talk we'll compare measures that are effective against static attackers and how to battle a dynamic attacker who adapts to your counter-measures.
About the Speaker
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Diogo Sousa, Engineering Manager @ Canonical
An opinionated individual with an interest in cryptography and its intersection with secure software development.
Have you ever wondered how search works while visiting an e-commerce site, internal website, or searching through other types of online resources? Look no further than this informative session on the ways that taxonomies help end-users navigate the internet! Hear from taxonomists and other information professionals who have first-hand experience creating and working with taxonomies that aid in navigation, search, and discovery across a range of disciplines.
This presentation, created by Syed Faiz ul Hassan, explores the profound influence of media on public perception and behavior. It delves into the evolution of media from oral traditions to modern digital and social media platforms. Key topics include the role of media in information propagation, socialization, crisis awareness, globalization, and education. The presentation also examines media influence through agenda setting, propaganda, and manipulative techniques used by advertisers and marketers. Furthermore, it highlights the impact of surveillance enabled by media technologies on personal behavior and preferences. Through this comprehensive overview, the presentation aims to shed light on how media shapes collective consciousness and public opinion.
Acorn Recovery: Restore IT infra within minutesIP ServerOne
Introducing Acorn Recovery as a Service, a simple, fast, and secure managed disaster recovery (DRaaS) by IP ServerOne. A DR solution that helps restore your IT infra within minutes.
This presentation by Morris Kleiner (University of Minnesota), was made during the discussion “Competition and Regulation in Professions and Occupations” held at the Working Party No. 2 on Competition and Regulation on 10 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found out at oe.cd/crps.
This presentation was uploaded with the author’s consent.
17. Themes
The ending or solution
Secondary characters or subplots
18. “Raised in a wealthy family with ties to the ruler of
Galilee, Ana yearns for a pursuit worthy of her life, but
finds no outlet for her considerable talents. Defying the
expectations placed on women, she engages in furtive
scholarly pursuits and writes secret narratives about
neglected and silenced women. When she meets the
eighteen-year-old Jesus, each is drawn to and enriched
by the other’s spiritual and philosophical ideas. He
becomes a floodgate for her intellect, but also the
awakener of her heart.”
Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longing
19. “In April 2015, my husband and I, laden with
backpacks and nerves, walked out of a
cathedral in the historic village of Le Puy,
France, down a cobblestone street, and turned
west. We were bound for the Atlantic Ocean,
over a thousand miles away. Did I mention
that we didn’t speak French, and that I thought
a hike was a three mile walk around the urban
lake near my apartment?”
Beth Jusino, Walking to the End of the World
20. Hook: The Cormoran Strike detective novels introduce a down on his luck PI
who lost a leg in Afghanistan and his fiancé just yesterday.
Problem: In the first book, A Cuckoo’s Calling, he’s living in his office when a
barrister arrives, claiming that his supermodel half-sister’s suicide wasn’t really
a suicide at all, but a murder.
Promise: The case plunges Strike into a world of multimillionaire models, rock
star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and uncovers a few of his own hidden
secrets on its way toward the truth.
Robert Galbraith, The Cuckoo’s Calling
21. Hook: “I’m writing a cookbook that’s full of deliciously modern
recipes for outdoor adventurers.”
Problem: “There are plenty of cookbooks, but none that take into
account the challenges of day trips, car camping, or especially back
country hiking.”
Promise: “Dirty Gourmet offers a tested set of recipes, from snacks to
meals to cocktails, all designed to be made and enjoyed in the great
outdoors.”
Mai-Yan Kwan, Emily Nielson, and Aimee
Trudeau, Dirty Gourmet
22. A contemporary novel set at the intersection of two seemingly disparate events-a
massive Ponzi scheme collapse and the mysterious disappearance of a woman from a
ship at sea.
Vincent is a bartender at a five-star lodging on the northernmost tip of Vancouver
Island. On the night she meets Jonathan, a hooded figure scrawls a message on the
lobby's glass wall: "Why don't you swallow broken glass." Months later, high above
Manhattan, a greater crime is committed: Jonathan runs a Ponzi scheme, moving
imaginary sums of money through clients' accounts. When it collapses, it obliterates
countless fortunes and devastates lives. Vincent, who had been posing as Jonathan's
wife, walks away into the night. Much, much later, a victim of the fraud is hired to
investigate a woman who seemingly vanished from the deck of a container ship
between ports of call.
This is a novel of unexpected beauty and hidden landscapes: campgrounds for the near-
homeless, underground electronica clubs, international container ships, the service
corridors of luxury hotels, and federal prisons. The Glass Hotel is a portrait of greed and
guilt, love and delusion, ghosts and unintended consequences, and the infinite ways we
search for meaning in our lives.
Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass House
23. Excessive back story or setup
Scene-by-scene descriptions
Names
Solutions/resolutions
27. Your Turn to Pitch! Remember the Blocks:
Title
Genre
Hook
What sets your book in motion?
Promise
Culture trends
Audience size
Why should I trust you?
28. Remember the Blocks:
• Title
• Genre
• Hook
• What sets your book in motion?
• Promise
• Culture trends
• Audience size
• Why should I trust you?
29. 1. Is it a good idea?
2. Are you the right author?
3. Is this the right time?
