Podcast appearances and mentions of nelson literary agency

Angie Hodapp is the Director of Literary Development at Nelson Literary Agency. She holds a BA in English and secondary education from the University of Northern Colorado and an MA in English and communication development from Colorado State University. A graduate of the Publishing Institute at the University of Denver, she has worked in professional writing, editing, and education for more than twenty years. A frequent presenter at writing conferences and events, and the author of Query Craft and Do You Need a Literary Agent, she loves helping writers improve their craft and learn about the ever-changing world of publishing. On Saturday, June 22 Angie is leading a day-long RMFW education event called “MFA in One Day” at the Hyatt-Regency Aurora Denver. Complete details at rmfw.org - look under events.     https://nelsonagency.com/ Host Mark Stevens www.writermarkstevens.com    Intro Music by Moby Gratis: https://mobygratis.com/ Outro Music by Dan-o-Songs: https://danosongs.com/

"Cottonmouth" — published in Apex Magazine, issue 125, September 2021. Read it here: https://apex-magazine.com/cottonmouth Please note that this story includes racial violence against Black people and references to slavery. Joelle Wellington grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where her childhood was spent wandering the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. Her love of the written word led her to a B.A. in Creative Writing and International Studies. When she isn't writing, she's reading and when she's not doing that, she's attempting to bake bread with varying degrees of success. She is represented by Quressa Robinson of Nelson Literary Agency. This month's narrator is Angela Naomi. Angela is a Los Angeles-based actress. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she earned a BA in Sociology. The years in between college and her move to LA were spent teaching dance, acting, and pageant coaching along with performing in musical theater and modeling.  She also worked as a social media marketer for small businesses around the world. Angela served in the US Navy Reserves as a Corpsman then a recruiter. Often mistaken for an extrovert, she's an introvert whose most cherished moments are spent with her family and close friends. This Apex Magazine podcast was produced by KT Bryski. Theme music by Alex White. Other music in this podcast includes "Hush," "Very Low Note," "SPC-x2x," and "Discovery Hit," all by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Some sounds in this podcast are provided by the Free Sound Project. Find out more at www.freesound.org. Apex Magazine podcast, copyright Apex Publications. Apex Magazine is a bimonthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at http://www.apex-magazine.com.

Anita Mumm is an independent developmental editor, ghostwriter, and publishing consultant. Her home base is Salida, Colorado, where she co-hosts the Salida Writers Retreat. Anita works with authors at all stages of their career, from first-time novelists to New York Times and international bestsellers. Previously, she worked in submissions and foreign rights at Nelson Literary Agency. Read more about her work at www.anitamumm.com. She will also lead a workshop - PITCH PERFECT: How to Make the Most of Face Time with an Agent on Saturday, Jan. 16 from 1 to 3 pm. Contact denverprograms@rmfw.org for the zoom link (space is limited!) This workshop will prepare participants for their meeting with an agent through practical tips for crafting an effective pitch and is designed to help writers get ready for RMFW's PITCH FEST coming on Saturday, January 30th. Intro music by Moby Outro by Dan-o-Songs

How are we as congregations and individuals living into our seven principles? Rather than a quiet creed, as Unitarian Universalists, we have committed to uphold our values and act in these specific ways with one another. An 8th principle could guide us to be accountable within all our principles as well as spotlight the dismantling of racism. Speaker Bio Jennifer Springsteen is a seminary student at Starr King School for the Ministry in California. She is the co-founder of PDX Writers and her writing has won several awards including Regional Arts and Culture Council grants, an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship, and two Pushcart Prize nominations. She is represented by Joanna MacKenzie of Nelson Literary Agency. She writes, teaches, and edits in Portland.  

Roseanne “Rosie” A. Brown was born in Kumasi, Ghana and immigrated to the wild jungles of central Maryland as a child. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor’s in Journalism and was also a teaching assistant for the school’s Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House program. Her journalistic work has been featured by Voice of America among other outlets. A Song of Wraiths and Ruin is her debut novel. She is represented by Quressa Robinson at Nelson Literary Agency.   

First Draft Episode #258: Ally Carter Ally Carter, New York Times bestselling author of the Gallagher Girls series, the Heist Society series, the Embassy Row series, Not If I Save You First, Dear Ally: How Do You Write a Book?, and a new middle grade series that kicks off with Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor. Today’s episode is brought to you by Hank Green’s A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, out July 7, the sequel and conclusion to Green’s debut novel, the New York Times bestselling An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode Screenplay by Syd Field The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton The Romance Writers of America (RWA) Ally’s agent is Kristin Nelson of the Nelson Literary Agency (who appeared on the Bonus Episode of Track Changes about Publishing During the Time of COVID) The Earth, My Butt, and Other Round Things by Carolyn Mackler Sarah Rees Brennan, author of Unspoken, The Demon’s Lexicon, and more Gordon Korman, author of Schooled, Ungifted, Swindle, and more Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries, Size 12 is Not Fat, Shadowland, and more Leigh Bardugo, author of Shadow and Bone, Six of Crows, and Ninth House (listen to her First Draft interviews here, here, and here) Holly Black, author of The Cruel Prince, Tithe: A Modern Fairytale, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and more (listen to her First Draft interview here) Janet Evanovich, author of the One For the Money series Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and The Heroes of Olympus series, The Kane Chronicles, and more Karen McManus, author of One of Us Is Lying Sarah MacLean, author of A Rogue by Any Other Name, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, and more (also host of the podcast Fated Mates) I want to hear from you! Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998. Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; Linda Holmes, author and host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast; Jonny Sun, internet superstar, illustrator of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Gmorning, Gnight! and author and illustrator of Everyone’s an Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too;  Michael Dante  DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works. Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s free!

Our 50th Podcast. Hard to believe but yes, we’ve reached a milestone. And who better to celebrate it with than Alison Hammer, an argent supporter of her fellow scribes through her Facebook group, Every Damn Day Writers, where she shares her love of all things NaNoWriMo, how she couldn’t survive without her writing buddy, and how she launched her book smack dab in the middle of the pandemic. Alison has been spinning words to tell stories since she learned how to talk. A graduate of the University of Florida and the Creative Circus in Atlanta, she lived in nine cities before settling down in Chicago. During the day, Alison is a VP Creative Director at an advertising agency, but on nights and weekends you can find her writing upmarket women’s fiction. Alison is represented by Joanna MacKenzie of Nelson Literary Agency. Her debut novel, “You and Me and Us” is out now from William Morrow (HarperCollins), and her second novel, “Little Pieces of Me” will be released in Spring 2021. To learn more about Alison, click here.

  Track Changes: Selling Your Book (Part 2) Listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher Read the transcript In the second look at how books get sold, former Little, Brown and Delacorte senior editor Kate Sullivan, Senior Content Development Manager for New Leaf Literary & Media, walks us through all the steps an editor takes between receiving an agent’s pitch and signing a deal memo to acquire a book. Acquisitions meetings, P&L statements, and TI sheets, oh my! This episode is brought to you by The Slow Novel Lab, a six-week creativity and writing course from Printz-winning novelist Nina LaCour. For the summer session, beginning June 7, Nina will donate 50% of profits to Direct Relief, a humanitarian aid organization working with underserved communities. Learn more and sign up for the Slow Novel Lab here. Catch up on the series so far: Episode 1: Publishing 101 Episode 2: Agents: Who Are They, What Do They Do, And How Do You Get One? Bonus Episode: Publishing in the time of COVID Episode 3: Selling Your Book (Part 1) The following agents were interviewed for this episode: We meet Jennifer de Leon as she prepares for the release of her debut young adult novel, Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From, on August 4. Though Jennifer has been writing for years, she quickly learns that there’s a lot about Capital-P-Publishing that she doesn’t know. (Hear her First Draft interview here.) Kate Sullivan is the Senior Content Development Manager for New Leaf Literary & Media. For 13 years, Kate worked in the editorial departments of three separate Big Five publishers, eventually becoming a senior editor. Discussed in this episode: Faye Bender, partner and founder at The Book Group, is Jenn’s agent. Caitlyn Dlouhy, publisher of Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books at Simon & Schuster Holly Root, literary agent and founder of Root Literary Seth Fishman, literary agent at The Gernert Company Chris Colfer, actor and author of Land of Stories BookScan More Information: “The Book P&L: How Publishers Make Decisions About What to Publish,” by Jane Friedman “What Book Editors Do” by Nathan Bransford “Publishing Myth: Editors Don’t Edit” by Nathan Bransford; good follow: a Q&A with Peter Ginna, who has 30 years of book editing experience and put together the collection What Editors Do: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing “PubCrawl Podcast: Publishing 101 Submission and Acquisition” featuring Sarah Jae-Jones and Kelly Van Sant “How to Handle an Editor’s Call With an Offer” by Kristin Nelson, founder of Nelson Literary Agency and one of the agents we spoke to in the Bonus Episode of Track Changes (Publishing in the Time of COVID) “First Book: Acquiring Minds” on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour blog “The Waiting is the Hardest Part” by Joanna Mackenzie on the Nelson Literary Pub Rants blog   Want more information? Sign up for a free 30-day trial of the Track Changes newsletter, which goes a step (or two) further behind the scenes into the publishing world. Support First Draft by subscribing to the podcast wherever you listen (on Apple Podcasts, Spotfiy, Stitcher, or elsewhere), and leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts. You can donate to the podcast, on a one time or monthly basis. Track Changes is produced by Hayley Hershman. Zan Romanoff is the story editor. The music was composed by Dan Bailey, and the logo was designed by Collin Keith.

This episode we’re talking to Angie Hodapp about her new book Query Craft, the Writer-in-the-Know Guide to Getting Your Manuscript Requested.Angie Hodapp is the Director of Literary Development at Nelson Literary Agency. She holds a BA in English and secondary education and an MA in English and communication development. A graduate of the Publishing Institute at the University of Denver, she has worked in professional writing, editing, and education for more than twenty years. A frequent presenter at writing conferences and events, she loves helping writers improve their craft and learn about the ever-changing world of publishing.

This episode we’re talking to Angie Hodapp about her new book Query Craft, the Writer-in-the-Know Guide to Getting Your Manuscript Requested.Angie Hodapp is the Director of Literary Development at Nelson Literary Agency. She holds a BA in English and secondary education and an MA in English and communication development. A graduate of the Publishing Institute at the University of Denver, she has worked in professional writing, editing, and education for more than twenty years. A frequent presenter at writing conferences and events, she loves helping writers improve their craft and learn about the ever-changing world of publishing.

Track Changes: Publishing in the Time of COVID Publishing experts discuss how the global pandemic, and widespread shelter-in-place laws have changed their jobs, how publishers have responded to the uncertain retail market, what books are more or less likely to sell in this climate, and what all writers should be focused on during this time. The following agents were interviewed for this episode: Faye Bender, partner and founder of The Book Group, who represents authors such as Courtney Summers (listen to her First Draft podcast here and here), Maurene Goo (listen to her First Draft podcasts here, here, and hear her interview Sarah Enni here), and Jennifer de Leon (listen to her FIrst Draft podcast here, and follow her publishing journey in Track Changes, starting with Episode 1). Sarah Burnes with The Gernert Company, who represents Margaret Stohl (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here), Heather Havrilesky, Zan Romanoff (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here), and me (hear Sarah and I discuss the lead-up to the release of my debut novel, Tell Me Everything, here). Seth Fishman, he’s an author and literary agent with The Gernert Company and manager of their West Coast office. He reps clients such as John Joseph Adams, Ali Almossawi, and Kate Beaton. Kristin Nelson, founder of Nelson Literary Agency, who represents authors like Marie Lu (listen to her First Draft interviews here, here, and here), Ally Carter, and Simone Elkeles. Holly Root, literary agent and founder of Root Literary who represents clients such as Victoria Schwab (hear her First Draft interview here), Jasmine Guillory (listen to her First Draft interview here), and Christina Lauren. Discussed in this episode: Don’t miss the previous episodes of Track Changes: Publishing 101 (listen on the website; Apple Podcasts; Spotify; or Stitcher); and Agents: Who Are They And How Do I Get One? (listen on the website; Spotify; or Stitcher) More Information: “The Coronavirus Takes Its Toll on Publishing” in Publishers Weekly “The Deals Are Alright” in PublishersMarketplace (Sub. reqrd.) “Virtual Author Events Are the Next Big Thing” in Publishers Weekly “Print Unit Sales Flat in April” in Publisher's Weekly Furloughs, firings, and layoffs covered in a few places: “UTA Instituting Temporary Furloughs To Start In A Few Weeks, Mostly Assistants,” in Deadline; Want more information? Sign up for a free 30-day trial of the Track Changes newsletter, which goes a step (or two) further behind the scenes into the publishing world. Support First Draft by subscribing to the podcast wherever you listen (on Apple Podcasts, Spotfiy, Stitcher, or elsewhere), and leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts. You can donate to the podcast, on a one time or monthly basis. Track Changes is produced by Hayley Hershman. Zan Romanoff is the story editor. The music was composed by Dan Bailey, and the logo was designed by Collin Keith.

Angie Hodapp is the Director of Literary Development at Nelson Literary Agency. A graduate of the Publishing Institute at the University of Denver, she holds a BA in English education and an MA in English with an emphasis in communication development. She has worked in language education and professional writing and editing for more than twenty years and is a frequent presenter at writing conferences and literary events. Dedicated to helping writers improve their craft and learn about the ever-changing publishing industry, Angie is the author of the Writer-in-the-Know series. The latest in the series, just out, is Query Craft. Intro music by Moby Outro by Dan-o-Songs

Claribel and Kat discuss current events including conversations around American Dirt. They also interview Literary Agent Quressa Robinson about her path to becoming an agent, what she thinks the industry should do to provide support to POC, and her MSWL! Bio: Literary agent Quressa Robinson joined the Nelson Literary Agency in 2017 after working at […]

This week we interviewed editor, writer, and all-around interesting guy James Persichetti. We discuss his recent career move from managing foreign rights at a literary agency; the difference between all the many types of editing; and the best tactics for making your novel stand out to agents, editors, and readers. James Persichetti is a freelance developmental editor for a wide variety of genres and the founder of Lost Hat Editorial Services. Prior to editing, James worked for over three years with Nelson Literary Agency, reading submissions and selling foreign rights. In his free time, he writes fiction, practices various languages, and is on a quest to find the perfect flour-to-egg ratio for fresh pasta. James Persichetti's website Intro music by Moby Outro music by Dan-o-Songs

Our wonderful friend, Patrick Hester, joins us this week to talk about his newly released book, Samantha Kane: Into the Fire. We're also joined, yet again, by James Persichetti from Nelson Literary Agency. Mentioned this week: SAMANTHA KANE: INTO THE FIRE by Patrick Hester SAMANTHA KANE: COLD AS ICE by Patrick Hester The Functional Nerd Podcast The Hugo Awards Baen Library Wordfire Press THE PAINTED MAN by Peter V Brett Google Ingram Kobo Carol Berg JT Evans Kickboxer 4 (Movie) World Fantasy Con John Anealio STORM FRONT by Jim Butcher Brent Weekss Kevin J. Anderson Baen Books (http://baen.com) Jody Lynn Nye Paul Di Filippo Lou Antonelli CONVERSATIONS WITH MY CAT by Patrick Hester (https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-with-my-Cat-ebook/dp/B00AEV29Q8/) UPSIDE DOWN (Anthology) Monica Valentinelli World Con Kickstarter Harry Potter (Book Series) by J.K. Rowling Mur Lafferty I Should Be Writing (Podcast) Superstars of Writing Sam Sykes Howard Andrew Jones http://atfmb.com http://twitter.com/atfmb Jaym Gates Gail Carriger John O'Neill

James Persichetti, query reader for Nelson Literary Agency, joins us to talk about the slush pile and life at a literary agency. Mentioned this week: Nelson Literary Agency Kristin Nelson Joanna MacKenzie Danielle Burby Frankfurt Book Fair WOOL by Hugh Howey ERAGON by Christopher Paolini NYXIA by Scott Reintgen Doctor Who (TV Show) Lighthouse Writers Workshop RMFW Pikes Peak Writers X-Men (Movie) Grayhawk Agency

In this podcast Kristin Nelson talks about the Nelson Literary Agency, how to choose the right literary agent, writing a query letter and much more. About Kristin Nelson Kristin Nelson is President and owner of Nelson Literary Agency, LLC. She founded her agency in 2002, right on the cusp of traditional publishing morphing to digital, and … Continue reading

This week we're talking to Kristin Nelson, the founder of the Nelson Literary Agency in Denver, Colorado. Mentioned in this episode:nelsonagency.comPub Rants BlogGlamourCosmopolitanSelf MagazineLittle Brown PublishingHarper CollinsBIRD BOX by Josh MalermanFINDERS, KEEPERS by Linnea SinclairRandom HouseBallantine Del ReyBook ExpoHugh HowieJasinda WilderJana DeLeonCourtney MilanSteven L SearsAmazon KindleSony E-ReaderTHE LUMINARIES by Eleanor CattonLEXICON by Max BarrySTEVE JOBS by Walter IsaacsonTHE ROUND HOUSE by Louise ErdrichAaron Michael Ritchey