Course Description for

Stalking the Market

with Patrika Vaughn

Registration Fee and Course Length

Prerequisites

Standard course: $120 / 4 weeks. Click here to register.

Extended schedule: $150 / 8 weeks. Click here to register.
Extended course is designed for busy people and gives you two weeks to do each lesson but contains NO additional material.

No prerequisites.

Course Contacts

Course Description

Week 1 - Who Wants What? Every magazine, every publishing house has a unique personality. How do you find out what that is, what the editors are looking for, and if they'll buy your stuff?

Week 2 - The anatomy of a publication. The major organs that tell you what they'll print.

Week 3 - Know your editors. How to get to know an editor's personality, peeves, interests.

Week 4 - Beat your competition. How to convince editors to buy yours instead of your competitor's works.

Patrika Vaughn has served as a literary agent, a professional writer, ghostwriter, publisher and teacher for 25 years.

Her works have appeared in more than 100 national journals and magazines and she is listed in The International Authors and Writers Who's Who. Her books, tapes and seminars have gained audiences from Florida to Finland. Awards include: Order of Excellence, Who's Who in the 21st Century, Also listed in Outstanding People of the 21st Century.

She is the world's leading Author's Advocate(TM), dedicated to showing today's writers how to become successful in today's changing publishing climate.