​An insiders guide to getting published, and get paid, for your writing!

​Leila Sales is the author of eight critically acclaimed novels for children and young adults, including This Song Will Save Your Life and Once Was a Time. Her books have been optioned for stage and screen, selected for many state award lists, translated into a dozen languages, and received numerous starred reviews.

​Based on her eleven years as a full-time employee at Penguin Random House, as well as her experiences being published by Abrams, Chronicle, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, and the University of Chicago Press.

​Leila will walk us through exactly:

• ​What you can expect from the editorial process

• ​What role your agent is going to play

• ​How to read your book contract

• ​What you can expect from marketing and publicity

• ​How it’s decided whether your books are in B&N or not

• ​How you can leverage subsidiary rights sales, and more...

​Leila has edited award-winning and bestselling fiction and nonfiction books for readers of all ages.

​Her authors have included:

• ​Award-winning actors Viola Davis and Bob Balaban;

• ​New York Times bestselling authors Gayle Forman, Max Brallier, and Ame Dyckman;

• ​National Book Award Finalist Elizabeth Partridge;

• ​MacArthur Fellow Xu Bing;

• ​and many more....

​🎟️ What's Included with your ticket?

​✅ 60 minute presentation from Leila Sales on the practical knowledge you need to get published, and get paid, for your writing.

​✅ An extensive open Q&A with Leila where she can dive into your specific situation and details.

​✅ A casual cocktail mixer with 12 other vetted, serious, writers. All based here in Austin, Texas.

​✅ Free flowing wine, beer, and light snacks.