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Seth Fishman Literary Agent Photo with Gernert Company Logo

All About Getting Published with Agent Seth Fishman

A Friends Speaker Series Live Virtual Event

2025-01-28 13:00:00 2025-01-28 14:30:00 America/New_York All About Getting Published with Agent Seth Fishman You?re writing a book (or thinking about it), but what happens next? Get an inside look into working with an agent and the beginning stages of the publishing process with literary agent Seth Fishman. Reading Public Library -

Tuesday, January 28
1:00pm - 2:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-01-28 13:00:00 2025-01-28 14:30:00 America/New_York All About Getting Published with Agent Seth Fishman You?re writing a book (or thinking about it), but what happens next? Get an inside look into working with an agent and the beginning stages of the publishing process with literary agent Seth Fishman. Reading Public Library -

You?re writing a book (or thinking about it), but what happens next? Get an inside look into working with an agent and the beginning stages of the publishing process with literary agent Seth Fishman.

You’re writing a book (or thinking about it), but what happens next? Join us for an inside look into working with an agent and the beginning stages of the publishing process with Seth Fishman, Vice President and Literary Agent at The Gernert Company.

The Gernert Company represents more than 500 authors and is a full-service literary agency with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Their client list is as broad as the market and they represent fiction, both literary and commercial (such as Liz Moore, John Grishman, Louise Penny, Cixin Liu), as well as general nonfiction and practical nonfiction genres. 

In this presentation, Fishman will deep dive into what happens after you’ve signed with a literary agent. He will cover many topics, including but not limited to: 

  • What agents are and are not looking for
  • How to submit your work to an agent and when
  • What to expect after you've both said "yes!" to working together
  • What you can look forward to as you ready your work with an eye towards submitting to publishers, including the revision process and so much more.

This extended, 90-minute presentation, includes 30 minutes of Q&A. This is the year to make all of your publishing dreams come true. To learn about this beginning stage of the process, register now! 

About the Author: Head of the Los Angeles office, Seth is a Vice President and agent at The Gernert Company, which he joined in 2010 after beginning his career as an agent at Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. Born in Midland, Texas, he graduated from Princeton University and earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. His interests are wide-ranging, but in particular he's looking for the new voice, the original idea, the entirely breathtaking creative angle in both fiction and nonfiction. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children, and is the author of the award-winning picture book, A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars, along with Power Up and The Ocean In Your Bathtub, as well as two YA books.

This program is brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of the Reading Public Library. Thank you, Friends!

Check out more upcoming virtual author talks and enjoy recordings from past events by exploring our Friends Speaker Series page.

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