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SUMMARY:The Business (and Art!) of Publishing
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DESCRIPTION:Calling all writers: this is the panel for you! No matter wher
 e you are in your writing and publishing journey\, agent Kait Feldmann and
  editor Eden Railsback are here to offer insight\, wisdom\, and best pract
 ices to move you forward. .\nhttps://lacountylibrary.libnet.info/event/175
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>So you've written a book -- what comes nex
 t? Our panel of experts is here to guide you through the process\, from dr
 afting your first query letter to avoiding publishing scams\, from the thr
 ill of signing with an agent to navigating the lows of rejection. We'll de
 mystify the process and provide helpful tips as you explore the next steps
  in your storytelling journey.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>This panel will take
  place on the West Hollywood Park Stage.&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p>Kait Lee 
 Feldmann is a children&rsquo\;s book agent at kt literary representing ill
 ustrators. She has been romping around children&rsquo\;s book publishing f
 or over a decade\, previously as an editor at HarperCollins and Scholastic
 . Her list as editor included award-winning books that received a Caldecot
 t\, Coretta Scott King\, and Sibert Honor\; the Ezra Jack Keats Award\; an
 d appearances on Best of lists for The New York Times\, NPR\, Kirkus\, and
  more. Kait is hapa (mixed race Chinese/white) and is passionate about cha
 mpioning books by\, about\, and for BIPOC. In 2020 she received the CBC Di
 versity Outstanding Achievement Award. Kait resides in a hoarder&rsquo\;s 
 paradise in Los Angeles\, surrounded by books.</p>\n<p>Eden Railsback is o
 riginally from LA and is now based in New York. She started out as an inte
 rn at Beacon Press\, then moved on to Hanover Square\, a boutique imprint 
 of HarperCollins. After four years with Hanover working on both fiction an
 d nonfiction\, she moved to Tor to build a concise list of commercial genr
 e fiction. Eden has edited across a wide variety of bestselling fiction au
 thors including&nbsp\;Sarah Mughal Rana\, Toshikazu Kawaguchi\, John Marrs
 \, Grace D. Li\, Maddie Martinez\, Madeline Martin\, and Genoveva Dimova. 
 In her spare time\, she loves reading nonfiction of all sorts: pop culture
  analyses\, historical narratives\, and political commentary are some of h
 er favorites.</p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://lacountylibrary.libnet.info/event/1755
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