So You Wanna Get Published?

author, educator, activist
JLove Calderon
author of three books

presents

How To Get
Your Book Published
The Art of Getting
On the Bookshelf
A Three Hour Workshop
for Writers of All Levels
(Sponsored by 1+1+1=One)



This Workshop Will Focus On
The Business of Publishing
How the economy is impacting advances,
publishing contracts, and understanding the
fine print (or hiring someone who does)

Getting Published: What’s Best For YOU?
Pros and cons of self-publishing, small
publishing houses, and big publishing houses

The “Gotta Get an Agent” Debate
Do you really need an agent? If so, what to
look for, how to get one, and what to expect

Book Proposal ‘Must Haves’
(includes a sample book proposal)

Perfecting Your Pitch
For prospective agents,
publishers, and movie producers

Real Talk. Real Results

"Art of Successful Book Publishing"
is for any non-published writer in any stage of his/her writing
process • Writers who have a burning desire to see
their book in print • Agented and non-agented writers

Wednesday February 11, 2009
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Metro New York City Area
(location announced to those who register)

Registration: $125*
To register, email jlove@jlovecalderon.com

payments may be sent to:
JLove Calderon
c/o 1+1+1=ONE
190 N. 10th Street
Suite 303
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Registration fee is non-refundable.
Pay $100 if you register by January 28, 2009.
Full payment due by February 4, 2009.
Checks and money orders only, please.

For more info., please email
jlove@jlovecalderon.com



JLove Calderon is an educator, activist, and author of three books: We Got Issues! A Young Women’s Guide to Bold, Courageous and Empowered Life with Rha Goddess (New World Library, 2006); That White Girl (Atria/Simon & Schuster, 2007); and Conscious Women Rock the Page! Using Hip-Hop Fiction to Incite Social Change with Black Artemis, E-Fierce, and Marcella Runell Hall (Sister Outsider Entertainment, 2008). Her fourth book, Till The White Day Is Done: White Privilege, Hip-Hop, and Social Change, is scheduled for release in 2009.

As a freelance writer and published author, JLove has experienced the highs and lows of the miraculous journey called "getting published." From being on small publishing houses, to large ones, to being self published, JLove has learned immensely from a full range of publishing experiences. Her debut novel, That White Girl, has been optioned for film.