Tools to get that Book Contract - You Wrote the Book. Now What?

You wrote the book. Now what?

Writing a book is an amazing achievement. But what comes after you’ve finished the first draft? How do you get your book in front of a publisher and into the readers hands?

In this interactive course with award-winning and best-selling author, Amy Hutton, you’ll discuss:

• Creating an eye catching submission pack.
• Do you need an agent.
• Pitching and how to catch a publisher or agents eye.
• Whats is an offer.
• What happens after you sign the contract.
• The different stages of editing.
• Launching your book and planning events

About the Tutor:

Amy Hutton is an award-winning and best-selling author, and a former television producer. Her debut rom-com Sit, Stay, Love was one of Kobo AU’s best romances of 2023 and has been translated into Hungarian. Her follow up Love from Scratch was a 2024 Spotify Wrap Editors’ Pick. Amy’s latest release, Ghosted, is a Romance Writers of America prize winner, listed on Amazon’s top 100 books, and has an international release in both the UK and the US. 

Amy is traditionally published through Simon & Schuster Australia.

This course is covered in two sessions.

You’ll have the chance to create an elevator pitch, plan a synopsis, and build a short pitch. Get an overview of the publishing process and the next steps towards publication.

This workshop is aimed at debut authors with a completed or near complete manuscript looking to be traditionally published

This is not a creative writing workshop.