Litquake’s Pitchapalooza, Sept. 28

On September 28th, book authors Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry team up with fellow authors Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen Goldmark for Litquake’s first-ever Pitchapalooza!
It works like this: Anyone with an idea for a book has the chance to pitch it to a panel of judges. But they get only one minute. Judges will critique everything from idea to style to potential in the marketplace.
All attendees come away with concrete advice on how to improve their pitch, as well as a greater understanding of the ins and outs of the publishing industry. The winner will receive a free half-hour consultation with Eckstut and Sterry. Past Pitchapalooza participants now have book deals!
Proceeds to benefit the Litquake Literary Festival 2010. Tickets available at Brown Paper Tickets

Arielle Eckstut is an agent-at-large at the Levine Greenberg Literary Agency, as well as author of seven books, including The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write It, Sell It, and Market It…Successfully.
David Henry Sterry is the bestselling author of 12 books on a wide variety of subjects, and co-author, with his wife Arielle Eckstut, of The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published. His first memoir has been optioned by Showtime.
Sam Barry works for HarperCollins and is co-author with his wife, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, of Write That Book Already! The Tough Love You Need to Get Published Now about writing and publishing. Kathi and Sam also write a monthly advice column for BookPage, “The Author Enablers.”
Kathi Kamen Goldmark is co-author of Write That Book Already! The Tough Love You Need to Get Published Now, and is also a musician and founder of the all-author garage band, the Rock Bottom Remainders.