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Live Pitching Tips for Novel Writers
2026-06-29 19:00:00 2026-06-29 20:00:00 America/New_York Live Pitching Tips for Novel Writers Aspiring novelists often pitch agents or editors at conferences. Learn best practices to make your pitch stand out from book coach and Executive Director of ThrillerFest, Samantha Skal. Online - Virtual Room - EPD

Monday, June 29
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-06-29 19:00:00 2026-06-29 20:00:00 America/New_York Live Pitching Tips for Novel Writers Aspiring novelists often pitch agents or editors at conferences. Learn best practices to make your pitch stand out from book coach and Executive Director of ThrillerFest, Samantha Skal. Online - Virtual Room - EPD

Online

Virtual Room - EPD

Aspiring novelists often pitch agents or editors at conferences. Learn best practices to make your pitch stand out from book coach and Executive Director of ThrillerFest, Samantha Skal.

This event will not be recorded and playback will not be available. Please arrive on time.

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AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Authors - Books - Writing |

TAGS: | writers | promo | epd | bb-writers-corner |

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