Mia P. Manansala (she/her) is a writer and certified book coach from Chicago who loves books, baking, and bad-ass women. She uses humor (and murder) to explore aspects of the Filipino diaspora, queerness, and her millennial love for pop culture. Her debut novel, Arsenic and Adobo, is out now, and the sequel, Homicide and Halo-Halo, released February, 2022. And let’s […]
MWW board member and writer Leah McNaughton Lederman encourages you to stretch your writing! Because I write primarily creative nonfiction, I aim for the creative nonfiction sessions at any conference I attend. Makes sense, right? But then it happened: There wasn’t a creative nonfiction option available. Huh. Well, I supposed, a poetry session might work […]
Join us for the 49th Midwest Writers Workshop MWW22 Conference: Craft + Community Thursday, July 14 – Saturday, July 16, 2022 MWW22 is our first ever hybrid conference! This July 14 – 16, whether you attend in person or online (using Zoom), we have top-notch instructors leading interactive sessions, enlightening panels on vital topics, and networking […]
Jane Friedman has 20 years of experience in the publishing industry, with expertise in business strategy for authors and publishers. She’s the editor of The Hot Sheet, the essential industry newsletter for authors, and has previously worked for Writer’s Digest and the Virginia Quarterly Review. In 2019, Jane was awarded Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital […]
The new year is a great time to start fresh, reflect on our accomplishments from the past twelve months and consider what we’d like to do differently. It’s a time to set new goals! And then somewhere around the second week, we lose track. Life gets in the way; we get in our own way. […]
MWW Virtual One-Day Conference with Jane Friedman The Magical Marketing Trifecta for Writers Saturday, February 26, 2022 Morning Session (10:30 am – 12:00 pm EST) Afternoon Session (1:30 pm – 3:00 pm EST) Cost: $79 early bird; $99 after January 31 The Magical Marketing Trifecta for Writers Most published authors have some kind of online […]
It was so lovely to see all of your faces at our events during 2021 (even if they were in tiny Zoom squares)! We love to watch the MWW community grow. MWW Agent Fest 2021 was a blast! We’re still digesting all of the information from the agents! There was so much useful advice and […]
Meet Regina! She’s one of eight literary agents participating in the MWW Agent Fest Online, October 13-16. Regina Ryan has been the head of her own boutique literary agency for some 40 years, handling mainly adult nonfiction and a small, selected list of juvenile nonfiction. Her areas of interest are wide-ranging and eclectic and include narrative nonfiction, natural […]
Meet Jeff! He’s one of eight literary agents participating in the MWW Agent Fest Online, October 13-16. Jeff Ourvan is a literary agent with the New York-based Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency and heads up their books-to-film efforts. He’s also an attorney, author and the founder of The WriteWorkshops, which are intensive writing workshops for debut and […]
Meet Amanda! She’s one of eight literary agents participating in the MWW Agent Fest Online, October 13-16. Before joining Transatlantic, Amanda Orozco gained a breadth of experience in academic publishing, publicity, subsidiary rights, and agenting. She graduated from UCLA with a degree in Physiological Science and an English minor and worked as a Fine Art instructor and […]