Teresa Jade LeYung's BLOG » HarperOne https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog Story Consultant Teresa Jade LeYung on Wellness, Themes, Archetypes - Love Made Of Heart ® Fri, 20 Feb 2026 01:55:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Getting to Talk to an Agent or an Acquisition Editor is a Valuable Experience https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/getting-to-talk-to-an-agent-or-an-acquisition-editor-is-a-valuable-experience/ https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/getting-to-talk-to-an-agent-or-an-acquisition-editor-is-a-valuable-experience/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:20:03 +0000 admin http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?p=1990 Getting to talk to an agent or an acquisition editor is a valuable experience.

What does an agent do?  What does an acquisition editor do?

An agent represents the author.  Agent earns his/her commission when he/she lands a publisher for the author.  An acquisition editor buy authors’ works for the publisher he/she works for; publisher offers the author a contract (publisher buys/author sells the rights to publish); agent gets his/her 15% commission.

“Meet the Agents and Acquisition Editors” a signature event of Women’s National Book Association (WNBA-SF Chapter)

Saturday, March 26th, 2011  9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  Space is limited (we sold out last year) – register by March 15th, 2011

Sinbad’s Restaurant, Pier 2, San Francisco

$50 WNBA member, $65 non-member, or $75 at the door

8:00 to 9:00 am Bonus:  Coffee and “How to Pitch Training” included from 8:00 to 9:00 am.

Coaches Teresa LeYung Ryan, Mary E. Knippel and Tanya Egan Gibson will help you with your pitches.

Coach Teresa’s examples of pitches from last year’s event: http://wnba-sfchapter.org/2-more-examples-on-how-to-pitch-to-agents-acquisition-editors-publishers-at-wnbas-signature-event/

Build Your Writer's Platform & Fanbase Coach Teresa LeYung Ryan **     Creativity Mentor Mary E Knippel **   Tanya Egan Gibson**

Saturday March 26, 2011 You’ll get a chance to meet:

Amy Burkhardt of Kimberley Cameron & Associates

Andy Ross

Brooke Warner is Senior Editor at Seal Press

Elizabeth Pomada is a partner in Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents

Georgia Hughes is editorial director at New World Library

Gordon Warnock is a Senior Agent with Andrea Hurst Literary Management

Jeanette Perez, Senior Editor, acquires for the HarperOne imprint based in San Francisco after six years at Harper Perennial.

Jennifer Joseph publisher and editor of Manic D Press

Laurie McLean is an agent at Larsen-Pomada Literary 

Michael Larsen is a partner in Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents

Peter Beren

Bios, more info, registration: http://wnba-sfchapter.org/

New this year!

Keynote Luncheon – 12:30 – $30.00 – Menu selections on WNBA website.

WNBA author Zoe FitzGerald Carter will share her journey to the publication of her memoir, Imperfect Endings, recently optioned for film. Join us for lunch and rub elbows with agents and acquisition editors.

Note:  Must be registered to attend
See you there!  Tell your writer-friends.

Sincerely,

22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung Ryan
http://writingcoachteresa.com

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