Catherine Drayton - GalleyCat http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat The First Word On the Book Publishing Industry Copyright 2013 Sat, 25 May 2013 15:43:04 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Nathan Bransford Runs First Paragraph Writing Contest Got a great first paragraph?

Share it on author Nathan Bransford‘s site and you could win the chance to have InkWell literary agent Catherine Drayton read part of your manuscript. All the Ultimate First Paragraph Challenge finalists will win a query critique from Bransford himself–the former literary agent has been helping aspiring writers polish pitches for years.

Check it out: “Please post the first paragraph of any work-in-progress in the comments section [at this link]. If you are reading this post via e-mail you must click through to enter. Please do not e-mail me your submission it will not count. The deadline for entry is this THURSDAY 7pm Eastern time, at which point entries will be closed. Finalists will be announced… sometime between Friday and the year 2078.”

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]]> Jason Boog http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/nathan-bransford-runs-first-paragraph-writing-contest_b64801#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/nathan-bransford-runs-first-paragraph-writing-contest_b64801 http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/?p=64801 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:07:39 +0000 Becca Fitzpatrick Lands Deal for YA Psychological Thriller YA author Becca Fitzpatrick has landed a deal for her “stand-alone psychological thriller” called Black Ice. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers plans to release this novel in fall 2014.

Publisher Justin Chanda negotiated the deal with Inkwell Management literary agent Catherine Drayton. At the moment, Fitzpatrick is promoting the final installment of the Hush, Hush saga, Finale. That book will hit bookstores on October 23, 2012.

Fitzpatrick (pictured, via) gave this statement in the release: “Black Ice is about a girl who backpacks the Teton Range over spring break of her senior year of high school but things go terribly wrong. Like Hush, Hush, the inspiration behind Black Ice comes from my own experiences during my teen years. It’s very satisfying to finally be working on a project that has been floating around my head for so long.”

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]]> Maryann Yin http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/becca-fitzpatrick-lands-deal-for-ya-psychological-thriller-book_b58391#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/becca-fitzpatrick-lands-deal-for-ya-psychological-thriller-book_b58391 http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/?p=58391 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:19:05 +0000 Becca Fitzpatrick Inks Deal for Final ‘Hush, Hush Saga’ Book Becca Fitzpatrick has inked a deal with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers for the fourth and final title in the Hush, Hush Saga.

The not-yet-titled book will be released in fall 2012. Publisher Justin Chanda negotiated the deal with Inkwell Management literary agent Catherine Drayton. The deal includes North American, audio, and eBook rights.

The third book, Silence, comes out today. Fitzpatrick (pictured, via) had this statement in the release: “I am excited to be writing a fourth book in the Hush, Hush Saga. I can’t bring myself to say goodbye to these characters yet, and truly believe that their best adventures are yet to come.”

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]]> Maryann Yin http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/becca-fitzpatrick-inks-deal-for-final-hush-hush-saga-book_b39335#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/becca-fitzpatrick-inks-deal-for-final-hush-hush-saga-book_b39335 http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/?p=39335 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:23:35 +0000