You've drafted and edited your work till you can't see straight, but how do you really know if it's ready for agents/editors to read? Join novelist and developmental editor Lynne Reeves Griffin for a practical workshop on everything from assessing major craft elements to proper formatting to query etiquette. It's everything you need to know to know if you're ready.

Instructor bio:

Lynne Reeves Griffin is an internationally recognized family counselor, public speaker, teacher and writer of fiction and non-fiction. Her work has appeared in Parents, Cognoscenti, Psychology Today, Solstice Literary Magazine, Chautauqua Journal, Craft Literary, LitHub, Brain, Child and more.

Lynne regularly appears as a media guest expert to discuss contemporary family life and preventive mental health. She is the author of numerous articles and essays, and the parenting guide, Negotiation Generation (Penguin).

Writing fiction as Lynne Griffin, she is the author of the novels, Life Without Summer (St. Martin’s Press), Sea Escape (Simon & Schuster), and Girl Sent Away (SixOneSeven Books).

As Lynne Reeves, she's written novels of domestic suspense including, The Dangers of an Ordinary Night and Dark Rivers to Cross (Crooked Lane Books). 

Limited to 12 students, all levels.

Fiction

Tuition: $50