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The Manuscript Academy

The Manuscript Academy brings you conversations with agents, editors, and writers who can help you on your publishing journey.

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Episode Six: How To Spend Ten Minutes With An Agent

Episode Six: How To Spend Ten Minutes With An Agent

In this episode, Jessica and Julie how tell you how best to spend ten minutes with an agent--whether in a pitch session,... Read more

7 Dec 2016

7mins

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Episode Thirteen: Our First First Pages Episode

Episode Thirteen: Our First First Pages Episode

Welcome to our very first First Pages episode! In this new series, we'll be discussing the most interesting first pages ... Read more

28 Feb 2017

12mins

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Episode Four: A Conversation With Agent Linda Camacho

Episode Four: A Conversation With Agent Linda Camacho

Join us for a chat with literary agent Linda Camacho (Prospect Agency) to talk about marketing, agents getting rejected,... Read more

21 Nov 2016

26mins

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Episode Three: A Conversation With Amanda Shih

Episode Three: A Conversation With Amanda Shih

Join us for a conversation with Perigee/Penguin editor Amanda Shih. We'll discuss rejection, boxing, platform--and how t... Read more

16 Nov 2016

28mins

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Episode 36: #TenQueries with Agent Kelly Van Sant

Episode 36: #TenQueries with Agent Kelly Van Sant

Join Kelly Van Sant, literary agent at Red Sofa Literary, to analyze ten random queries in her inbox. Along the way, lea... Read more

12 Jun 2018

27mins

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Episode Seventeen: First Pages With Kelly Van Sant

Episode Seventeen: First Pages With Kelly Van Sant

We speak with the lovely and talented Kelly Van Sant, agent at D4E0 Literary, about a new first page from author Erin Sh... Read more

2 May 2017

19mins

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Episode 39: Editors, Query Mistakes, and The Best Cookies Ever

Episode 39: Editors, Query Mistakes, and The Best Cookies Ever

We talk with agent Whitney Ross at the Irene Goodman Literary Agency about why she never says she *doesn't* want somethi... Read more

16 Jul 2018

40mins

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Kensington Editor Norma Perez-Hernandez on First Paragraphs, Rom Coms, and Ideas for Publishing

Kensington Editor Norma Perez-Hernandez on First Paragraphs, Rom Coms, and Ideas for Publishing

We love Norma Perez-Hernandez (editor at Kensington Publishing Corp) for her warmth and humor, and the way she makes pub... Read more

18 Oct 2019

33mins

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Platform, Publishing & Publicity in Your Pajamas

Platform, Publishing & Publicity in Your Pajamas

This week we talk with publicist and literary agent Dawn Michelle Hardy of Serendipity Literary Agency. We talk about pu... Read more

23 Feb 2017

39mins

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60: #TenQueries With Agent Caitlin McDonald

60: #TenQueries With Agent Caitlin McDonald

One of our newest faculty members, agent Caitlin McDonald, was kind enough to give us a guided tour of her query inbox. ... Read more

24 Sep 2019

22mins

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PitchWars, Agenting, and Both Sides of the Desk with Heather Cashman

PitchWars, Agenting, and Both Sides of the Desk with Heather Cashman

You likely know Heather Cashman as Brenda Drake's partner in PitchWars. Now an agent at Storm Literary, she brings us wi... Read more

26 Nov 2019

30mins

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46: #TenQueries with Samantha Wekstein, Writers House

46: #TenQueries with Samantha Wekstein, Writers House

Samantha Wekstein, agent at Writers House, was generous enough to join us for a #TenQueries episode. We chat with her ab... Read more

5 Dec 2018

35mins

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Episode 43: Great First Lines with Agent John Cusick

Episode 43: Great First Lines with Agent John Cusick

We speak with agent John M. Cusick of Folio Literary Management about great first lines, what they can do for your work-... Read more

12 Sep 2018

24mins

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Episode 41: #TenQueries with Agent Roseanne Wells

Episode 41: #TenQueries with Agent Roseanne Wells

Agent Roseanne Wells of The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency goes through her query inbox, narrating for us both what'... Read more

15 Aug 2018

16mins

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51: Structure, Characters + Narrative Beats with agent Hannah Fergesen

51: Structure, Characters + Narrative Beats with agent Hannah Fergesen

Hannah Fergesen of KT Literary joins us to talk about how she moved from film to publishing (and what makes the two indu... Read more

10 Apr 2019

36mins

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#TenQueries with Literary Agent Stephanie Winter

#TenQueries with Literary Agent Stephanie Winter

Join us for a look inside a literary agent's inbox! Listen as she decides, in the moment, what to request, what to rejec... Read more

24 Feb 2020

16mins

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56: Live Meeting: Macmillan Editor Melissa Warten and Author Brooke Urban

56: Live Meeting: Macmillan Editor Melissa Warten and Author Brooke Urban

Macmillan editor Melissa Warten joins extremely brave and awesome writer Brooke Urban to go over her first page on the a... Read more

11 Jul 2019

25mins

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Episode Eighteen: Five Days To A Fab First Page

Episode Eighteen: Five Days To A Fab First Page

You heard it here first! Join The Manuscript Academy--along with editors and agents from top houses and agencies--for fi... Read more

2 May 2017

3mins

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52: A Real Live Consultation with Agent Danielle Chiotti

52: A Real Live Consultation with Agent Danielle Chiotti

Ever wonder what happens when you meet with an agent? Two very generous people--Danielle Chiotti, agent, and Kayla King,... Read more

6 May 2019

19mins

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Procrastination, Deadlines & The Editorial Process with #1 NYT Bestselling Author Melissa de la Cruz

Procrastination, Deadlines & The Editorial Process with #1 NYT Bestselling Author Melissa de la Cruz

We are so excited to welcome internationally bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz to our podcast!Melissa is incredibly ... Read more

5 Feb 2020

39mins

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