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2010 Backspace Writers Conference May 27 - 29, 2010 - New York City Keynote speakers: #1 NYTimes bestselling author Lorenzo Carcaterra. In addition to his books, Carcaterra has written a number of feature scripts and teleplays. Among his features are "Dreamer," the story of singer Bobby Darin, for Warner Bros. and director Barry Levinson; "Doubt," a thriller for Robert Lawrence and Touchstone/Disney, and "Street Boys" for producers Steve Reuther and Paula Weinstein and director Barry Levinson. Carcaterra's television writing credits include "The Hall," a pilot for Fox-TV (co-written with Jacqueline Zambrano); "Rounders," an NBC pilot, and "The Force" for the WB network, which Carcaterra executive-produced and filmed in Toronto in the winter of 1999. In 2003-2004, he worked as a writer and producer for the NBC series, "Law & Order." Neil S. Nyren, Senior Vice President, Publisher and Editor in Chief of G.P. Putnam’s Sons. Among his authors are Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler, Patricia Cornwell, Jack Higgins, W.E.B. Griffin, John Sandford, Dave Barry, Daniel Silva, Ken Follett, Frederick Forsyth, Randy Wayne White, Alex Berenson, James O. Born, Ace Atkins and Carol O’Connell; nonfiction by Bob Schieffer, Maureen Dowd, John McEnroe, Linda Ellerbee, Jeff Greenfield, Charles Kuralt, Secretary of State James Baker III, Thomas P.M. Barnett, Sara Nelson, General Tony Zinni, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. with: Noah Lukeman (Lukeman Literary Management), Paul Cirone (Molly Friedrich Agency), Elizabeth Evans (Reece Halsey Literary Agency), Joanna Stampfel-Volpe (Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation), Adam Chromy (Artists and Artisans Agency), Elana Roth (Caren Johnson Literary Agency, Jennifer DeChiara (Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency), Victoria Horn (Liza Dawson Associates), Brandi Bowles (Howard Morhaim Literary Agency), Lois Winston (Ashley Grayson Literary Agency), Rebecca Strauss (McIntosh and Otis, Inc.), Jeff Kleinman (Folio Literary Management) and more to come! "Unquestionably the best of all writers’ conferences, this two-day annual conference has leaped to the top with its emphasis on quality, not quantity. No more than 150 novelists can attend, and there are no formal pitch sessions. Instead, you’ll have the opportunity to attend quality workshops and mingle with some of the best editors, agents and other publishing professionals in the industry in a comfortable, non-aggressive atmosphere." Watch the conference website for registration information - |
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Excerpts from the 2009 Backspace Writers Conference Registrants for Backspace's November Agent-Author Seminar - here's a sampling of what you have to look forward to! Backspace Agent-Author Seminar - Two days of agent panels, workshops, and small-group meetings in the heart of the publishing world!Register for one day, or both!Thursday, November 5 - Query Letter Day (details on the Agenda page )
Friday, November 6 - Opening Pages Day (details on the Agenda page ) Early registration through September 30: $250 for EACH day. After September 30, the cost for EACH day is $295. Participating agents include: Jeff Kleinman (Folio Literary Management) • Paige Wheeler (Folio Literary Management) • Jennifer DeChiara (Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency) • Colleen Lindsay (FinePrint Literary Agency) • Elizabeth Evans (Reece Halsey Literary Agency) • Emmanuelle Alspaugh (Judith Erlich Agency) • Stephany Evans (FinePrint Literary Agency) • Gina Panettieri (Talcott Notch Literary) • Laney Katz Becker (Folio Literary Management) • Diana Fox (Fox Literary) • Jason Allen Ashlock (Movable Type Literary Group) • Joanna Stampfel-Volpe (Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation) • Elisabeth Weed (Weed Literary) • Scott Hoffman (Folio Literary Management) • Michelle Brower (Wendy Sherman Associates) • Daniela Rapp (Editor, St. Martin's Press) • Matthew Mahoney (Ralph M. Vicinanza Ltd.) "Backspace has it figured out. I would never have gotten past my first query letter had I not sat in front of agents who told me it was awful. The conference set me on my feet with a map. I will stand up in front of an agent any day, hands trembling, as opposed to sitting in front of my computer with a bad query letter at the ready. The access, the support and the guidance is immeasurable."
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Backspace Members' 2008 Releases - The Year in Review If you've been stocking a Backspace bookshelf all year, these 112 titles by Backspace members released during 2008 might explain why your shelves are groaning: Alexandra Sokoloff - THE PRICE (St. Martin's Press) Send author a comment on this post
The Backspace Book Promotion Network A few months before the release of my debut thriller, FREEZING POINT, I decided I was going to use the Internet to promote my novel as much as possible. From talking to other writers, I knew there were plenty of promotional opportunities available - blog tours, online book clubs, book review sites, video sharing, and social network sites where people who might be interested in the topic of my book gathered. I heard words like "Authorbuzz" and "LibraryThing" and "Shelfari," but didn't know what they meant, or how these sites and services could help promote my book. And while I had an author page at MySpace, I wasn't sure how to make the most of it. I looked for a resource that would explain it all; that had all of the Internet promotional opportunities listed in one place - a central database where everything could be accessed without wasting precious writing and promotional hours googling. And when I couldn't find one, my Backspace partner, Christopher Graham, and I decided to make our own. What is The Backspace Book Promotion Network? The Backspace Book Promotion Network is a searchable database of thousands of listings of Internet book promotion opportunities. Current, comprehensive information - an extensive collection of everything related to Internet book promotion that we could find on the Web. Most of the listings are free, while some, such as newsletter advertising and press release services, are available to authors for a small cost. But The Backspace Book Promotion Network is more than a vast collection of links. Our Articles section tells you how to USE these promotional opportunities to best advantage. The articles are written by the people who know: website designers, publicists, best-selling authors. Publishers have a finite amount to spend on marketing, and the bulk of their promotional dollars go to best-selling authors. Literary agencies hire full-time publicists to take up the slack. Authors with small presses and self-published authors are at an even bigger disadvantage. Smart authors are figuring out new and innovative ways to promote their books using the Internet. The Backspace Book Promotion Network can help. $30 for six months; $50 for one year. Not much more than the price of a good book. |
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Re: MJ Rose Receives Backspace's Bob Kellogg Award (August 13, 2008) M.J. Rose is awesome and most definitely deserves this award. She has helped me grow my career as a writer and is a constant support. She is a champion for writers everywhere. Kudos to M.J.! Patry Francis unfolds her story as effortlessly as nature unfurls the petals of a rose. When I read The Liar's Diary in hardcover last summer, I was totally spellbound by her skill with words. She is a gifted writer, but more than that, she is an exquisitely compassionate and loving person. I am proud to call her my friend. |
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The Backspace organization is predicated on the idea of writers helping writers, which we accomplish by means of discussion forums, a guest speaker program in which agents, acquisitions editors, and bestselling authors regularly conduct online question and answer sessions with the group, and articles and advice from agents and other publishing professionals on our homepages, along with useful links, conference and book reviews, and more. Backspace has attracted the support and/or participation of Richard Curtis, Dan Lazar, Jenny Bent, Sara Nelson, Kristin Nelson, Jeff Kleinman, Kristen Weber, Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, Robert Crais, Neil Gaiman, Chris Bohjalian, Elizabeth George and many other publishing professionals. |
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