What do New York agents, magazine editors and book publishers look for in new writers? Hello, I’m Bill Manville --former Village Voice columnist, an editor for Helen Gurley Brown at Cosmo, author of six books published by major New York houses -- one a Book-of-the-Month – and a columnist for the New York Daily News. Now I am about to teach “Writing to Get Published” for writers.com
Here is what Michael Korda, Editor in Chief, Simon & Schuster, wrote me about that: “...the work I know best is your novel Goodbye, which I edited. What first attracted me was the dazzling prose; I was equally impressed by plot and characterization. A considerable literary accomplishment but also a Book of the Month choice, bringing an impressive price at paperback auction. What may also interest your students, I’ve heard you in discussion with writers like Joe Heller, Patricia Bosworth, Lois Gould and Gay Talese, and remember thinking more than once, Bill ought to be teaching it too.” First class is August 3.
For more info write me directly: whmanville@yahoo.com: