The Manuscript Academy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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