We hope you’ll join us for this month’s Professional Series Meeting on Tuesday evening!
Where: Seattle Pacific University, Demaray Hall, Room 150
When: October 11, 2011. Registration starts at 6:45 p.m., main program begins at 7:00 p.m.
What: PARA-ABNORMAL: MAKING A GENRE (OR, DARE I SAY IT, A TREND!) YOUR OWN with Stephen Barr, literary agent with Writers House in New York. You’ll pretty much never be the only one writing within a particular genre (knitting-cowboy noir being the rare exception). Chasing trends is a lost cause and a death knell to unrestrained creativity, but whatever’s popular is popular for a reason–it’s fun to write and fun to read!–so how do you simultaneously respect the genre you’re working in and break free from it? Stephen will discuss what stands out to him from the onslaught of same-feeling submissions and how to satisfy readers while challenging their expectations (for instance, have you considered knitting-cowboy noir?).
See you there!