Elizabeth Kracht
Literary Agent/Author
Workshops: 1. Self-editing for Fiction and Memoir Writers. 2. How to Find a Literary Agent.
Elizabeth Kracht has an MFA in creative writing (fiction) from San José State University and a BA in technical writing from the New York Institute of Technology, Ellis College. She is a literary agent with Kimberley Cameron & Associates and the author of “The Author’s Checklist: An Agent’s Guide to Developing and Editing Your Manuscript” (New World Library, 2020).
Elizabeth teaches at writing conferences both internationally and throughout the U.S. and freelances as a developmental editor, coaching writers. She represents both fiction and nonfiction. In fiction, she’s hoping to find mysteries, thrillers, women’s, historical, and literary. In nonfiction, she is interested in memoir, narrative, creative, prescriptive, how-to, health, spirituality, sexuality, nature and pet stories.
Learn more about Elizabeth: https://www.elizabethkracht.com/ and https://kimberleycameron.com/
Workshops
“Self-Editing for Fiction and Memoir Writers.” Over the course of her career as a literary agent, Elizabeth noticed that many manuscripts being rejected suffered similar, easy-to-solve problems. As a result, she began keeping a list of these problems, hoping to one day share this feedback with writers struggling to understand rejections. Based on her book “The Author’s Checklist: An Agent’s Guide to Developing and Editing Your Manuscript,” this workshop will cover more than 50 points for consideration before submitting to an agent, editor or indie publisher, such as how to sharpen dialogue and prose, improving characterization, complicating plot, and much more. This workshop will be interactive with plenty of time for questions and answers.
“How to Find a Literary Agent.” With the arrival of hybrid- and self-publishing, not every writer needs a literary agent. However, for those writers who plan to traditionally publish, most large publishing houses require a writer have an agent to submit their work. But how do you know if working with an agent is even right for you and your work? In this workshop, taught by a literary agent, you will learn everything you need to know about literary agents, including whether working with one is right for you. After a brief introduction on what a literary agent is and does, the workshop will cover resources for finding a literary agent and how to find the one right for you and your work, as well as submission do’s and don’ts and the most important things to consider when submitting to a literary agent. This workshop will be interactive with plenty of time for questions and answers.