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Thursday, June 13 • 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Lunchtime Business Panel: Online Landscape for Writers

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Amidst the death throes of print media, the overnight rise and fall of legacy websites, trend-chasing on social media, and the proliferation of subscription-based newsletters, it’s as difficult as ever for authors to know where to put their energy and what to avoid. Join three writers and an agent for a conversation on the different ways of being online and how they can benefit you during different stages of your career, from learning about what agents are looking for to spreading the word about your work.
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Simone Stolzoff

Panelist
Simone Stolzoff is an author and journalist from San Francisco. A former design lead at the global innovation firm IDEO, his work has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, and various other publications. His debut book The Good Enough Job: R... Read More →
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Mitzi Rapkin

Podcaster
Mitzi Rapkin is the host and producer of the literary podcast, First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing.  This June marks the 11th anniversary of the show.  First Draft features fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and essay writers.  Rapkin and her guests explore literary craft, the decisions... Read More →
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Robbie Crouch

Panelist
Robbie Couch writes young-adult fiction. If I See You Again Tomorrow, his New York Times bestselling third novel, has received starred reviews from Publisher's Weekly, Booklist, and the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Robbie's debut, The Sky Blues, was a Barnes & Noble... Read More →
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Courtney Maum

Panelist
Courtney is the author of five books, including the groundbreaking publishing guide that Vanity Fair recently named one of the ten best books for writers, Before and After the Book Deal and the memoir The Year of the Horses, chosen by The Today Show as the best read for mental health... Read More →
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Erika Wurth

Erika T. Wurth’s publications include three novels, White Horse, Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend, and You Who Enter Here, two collections of poetry and a collection of short stories, Buckskin Cocaine. A writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, she teaches creative writing at Western... Read More →
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R. Alan Brooks

Instructor
R. Alan Brooks teaches graphic novel writing at Regis University, and is the writer/creator of The Burning Metronome graphic novel, a supernatural murder mystery with social commentary. He also hosts the popular “MotherF**ker In A Cape” comics podcast, which focuses on marginalized... Read More →

Thursday June 13, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
Beacon Hall
  Fiction   Nonfiction/Memoir   Hybrid   Poetry   Publishing/Career