Next wednesday is the monthly Whatcom Writers and Publishers meeting at Bellingham Golf & Country Club. The speaker looks interesting.
After the Writing — Paths to Success by Alice B. Acheson, Marketing Specialist and Publishing Consultant
Wednesday, May 19, 6 PM (5:30 sign-in recommended) at Bellingham Golf and Country Club
Speaker Summary from WWP site:
You’ve enjoyed the process of writing a book but need winning strategies for finding — and impressing — an agent or publisher. Aided with copious handouts, Alice Acheson’s experience will guide you through industry procedures (from today through post-publication), help you gain realistic control over the marketing process, and show what you need to do (and when) in order to gain publisher support.
Alice will allow plenty of time for specific questions: about the topic as stated, the state of traditional publishing today, how does one get published by one of them, or if it is even possible in this day and age to have a publisher pick your manuscript, etc.
Alice has decades of experience as a marketing specialist and publishing consultant. Working with authors (all genres), illustrators, and photographers, as well as large and small publishers, she has negotiated book contracts, sold subsidiary rights, and edited and publicized books.
Four recipients of her publicity prowess have appeared simultaneously on The New York Times bestseller list, and she is the recipient of the Literary Market Place Outside Services Award for Advertising, Promotion, and Publicity.