{"product_id":"red-white-and-query-blues-from-rejection-to-launch","title":"Red, White and Query Blues: From Rejection To Launch","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate: \u003c\/strong\u003eWednesday 17 June\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTime:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7pm Brisbane time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength: \u003c\/strong\u003e90 minutes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCost: \u003c\/strong\u003e$49 members \/ $65 non members\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDelivery: \u003c\/strong\u003eby Zoom, available on replay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eRWAus Members: \u003c\/strong\u003eenter code RWAus Academy13 at checkout to receive member pricing.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the workshop:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDisheartened with querying agents and publishers?\u003cbr\u003eWant an injection of mojo to keep going?\u003cbr\u003eMaybe you’re considering pitching at Darwin at the conference, but are daunted by\u003cbr\u003equery letters and the whole process.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFear not: Anna Cowan is here to share her journey.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAnna spent a year querying agents, receiving 83 rejections of her queer historical\u003cbr\u003eromance novel before landing her dream agent, Kate McKean at Howard Morhaim\u003cbr\u003eLiterary and sold her book The Duke to St Martin's Press, NY.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eHow did she keep going beyond 82 rejections? How did she find a good fit for an\u003cbr\u003eagent, as well as for her stories?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe Duke launched in April this year and the Academy invites you to join Anna to\u003cbr\u003ehear how she went from query to rejection to launch.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eAnna will guide participants through what makes a great query letter - and what\u003cbr\u003edoesn't. She will cover the best techniques for finding agents to query and then the\u003cbr\u003equery process itself, going through the specific websites that agents and authors can\u003cbr\u003euse to manage and track queries. Anna’s experience with The Duke spotlights how\u003cbr\u003equeer romance stories are being sold and marketed by traditional publishers. There\u003cbr\u003ewill be time for participants to ask questions throughout the workshop.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Anna:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAnna Cowan started writing at eight and hasn’t stopped yet. After years of\u003cbr\u003etravelling (including a quick stop to marry her Scottish sweetheart on the shores of\u003cbr\u003eLoch Lomond) she studied Creative Writing at the University of Melbourne and the\u003cbr\u003eRoyal Melbourne Institute of Technology. She is the author of the queer historical\u003cbr\u003eromances UNTAMED and THE DUKE. She lives on Wurundjeri land in the hills\u003cbr\u003eoutside Melbourne with her family.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Romance Writers Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53213937959212,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/4918\/0716\/files\/Template_6_1.png?v=1779353336","url":"https:\/\/romanceaustralia.com\/products\/red-white-and-query-blues-from-rejection-to-launch","provider":"Romance Writers Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}