The Whole Megillah- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 48–Mystery DateMaybe you remember the television commercials: “Mystery date, are you ready for a mystery date?” It was a board game in which you opened the door to your mystery date in hopes of it not revealing, “The Dud,” a slovenly … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–November 30, 2022Some very quick things: Happy Writing!Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 47–Step on a CrackThis week calls for writing about superstitions. Don’t walk under a ladder. Beware the path of the black cat. Don’t step on a crack in the sidewalk or you’ll break your mother’s back. Be careful with praise. I wrote about … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–November 23, 2022Some very quick things: Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate, and happy writing to all!Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Weeks 45 & 46–The Hardest Thing & FailureI challenged my Writing the Past workshop on these two prompts: What secrets did your family keep and write about a failure. I could say my family never talked about the Holocaust, although my paternal grandmother and my maternal grandfather … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–November 16, 2022Some very quick things: Happy writing!Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 44–Reunions, Weddings, and FuneralsThis week’s prompt calls for writing about family gatherings. I chose to write about the Krasner family reunion that I organized early in my family history journey. We held it in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, in August 1990. It was … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–November 2, 2022Some very quick things: Happy writing!Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Weeks 42 and 43–The One Who Wronged You and Religious SpaceI procrastinated on The One Who Wronged You. I didn’t want to crawl back into the cave. And indeed, writing about the person who I believed wronged me in letter form just got me riled up all over again. My … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–October 26, 2022Some very quick things: Happy writing!Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 48–Mystery Date
Category Archives: Agents
Agent’s Notebook | Mira Reisberg, Hummingbird Literary
The Whole Megillah (TWM): What inspired you to read and write while you were growing up? Mira Reisberg (MR): My parents were Holocaust survivors who taught us that the only things that couldn’t be taken away from you are the … Continue reading
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Tagged children's book academy, hummingbird literary, karen grencik, mira reisberg, picture book academy
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How the Outside World Impacted the Inside World of Publishing (From An Agent’s Point of View)
How the Outside World Impacted the Inside World of Publishing (From An Agent’s Point of View). A blog post I think everyone should read.
Agent’s Notebook | Emily Mitchell, Wernick & Pratt
The Whole Megillah first came into contact with Emily Mitchell when she was at Charlesbridge, editor of the Sydney Taylor Book Award for Older Readers, Susan Goldman Rubin’s Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein. Here’s her bio and her path … Continue reading
Four-in-One Notebook Special | Focus on Nonfiction with Agent Ken Wright & Three Authors
With this post, The Whole Megillah focuses on nonfiction! Our cyber-roundtable includes senior agent Ken Wright of Writers House and three of his clients: Steve Sheinkin, Marc Aronson, and Deborah Heiligman, each distinguished in his/her own right. The Whole Megillah … Continue reading
Author-Agent-Editor Three-in-One Notebook Special | OyMG by Amy Fellner Dominy
The Whole Megillah presents a conversation with OyMG author Amy Fellner Dominy, her agent Caryn Wiseman at Andrea Brown Literary Agency, and her editor Stacy Cantor Abrams at Walker/Bloomsbury. The Whole Megillah (TWM): Amy, how did you come up with … Continue reading
An E-Publishing Roundtable with Stephen Roxburgh and Rubin Pfeffer
Ever the innovator, The Whole Megillah paired up e-publishing pundits Stephen Roxburgh, publisher and president of namelos, and Rubin Pfeffer, partner agent at East/West Literary Agency, to talk about e-publishing. The Whole Megillah (TWM): Stephen, you’ve written that the growth … Continue reading
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Tagged East/West Literary Agency, epublishing, namelos, Rubin Pfeffer, Stephen Roxburgh, The Whole Megillah
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Agent’s Notebook | Steven Chudney, The Chudney Agency
Steven Chudney worked for 15 years in publishing in a variety of marketing, sales, and product development position before founding The Chudney Agency. The Chudney Agency mostly handles children’s and teen material, and the occasional adult novel as well. The … Continue reading
Agent’s Notebook | Alyssa Eisner Henkin, Trident Media Group
Alyssa Eisner Henkin, Children’s Book Agent at Trident Media Group in New York City and a featured speaker at the 2009 Jewish Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conference, answers a few questions for The Whole Megillah. The Whole Megillah (TWM): What … Continue reading
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Tagged Alyssa Eisner Henkin, children's book agents, Trident Media Group
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Agent’s Notebook | Elana Roth, Caren Johnson Literary Agency
This is Part One of an Agent/Author interview. Elana is Part One and her client, Eli Stutz, author of Pickle Impossible (Bloomsbury USA, 2010), is Part Two and an upcoming Author’s Notebook feature. Elana Roth is a literary agent with … Continue reading
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Tagged Caren Johnson Literary Agency, children's book agents, Elana Roth, Eli Stutz, Pickle Impossible
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Agent’s Notebook | Rubin Pfeffer, East/West Literary Agency
Rubin Pfeffer recently joined the East/West Literary Agency after 35 years in book publishing. He worked at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich’s trade imprint, served at Pearson Education as senior vice president and chief creative officer, and was senior vice president and … Continue reading
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