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Conference
Medical Non-Fiction Writing For Physicians

Schedule

Sea Crest Oceanfront Resort 
Falmouth, Massachusetts

Faculty

August 16-17, 2003

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Executive Summary

Medical Non-Fiction Writing for Physicians is designed to give aspiring physician authors what they have never had before: hands-on and practical training on how to write medical non-fiction and get published. To deliver this training, SEAK has put together an impressive faculty.

Like all SEAK training, Medical Non-Fiction Writing For Physicians will be hands-on, lively, and interactive. Attendees will have the opportunity to get all their questions answered. There will be numerous writing exercises and networking opportunities. Attendees will have an opportunity to get their writing reviewed and evaluated.


Learning Objectives

At the completion of this seminar you will be able to:

  • Pick a medical subject and turn it into a book
  • Choose timely angles for magazine articles
  • Get paid for writing medical non-fiction
  • Write a successful non-fiction book proposal
  • Understand when to use Literary Agents and how to find the right one
  • Describe the way medical book publishers (medical, university and lay presses) operate
  • Explain the advantages and disadvantages of using co-authors and ghost writers
  • Write compelling medical non-fiction
  • Understand the option of editing a book or collaborating with a medical writer when you can't write the entire book
  • Publish articles in medical trade journals and magazines
  • Write compelling medical non-fiction
  • Improve your writing skills
  • Motivate yourself to write
  • Find time to write
  • Get PR once you are published
  • Track and mail magazine/book submissions
  • Negotiate a favorable writing contract
  • Understand and explain the publication process from proposal to publication to royalties
  • Publish on the internet
  • Explain the business of medical non-fiction:  sales, royalties, marketing
  • Recognize the skills to develop beyond your MD degree
  • Explain the ten common writers' blunders and how to avoid them
  • Be a better non-fiction writer
Faculty:
Julie K. Silver, MD is an Assistant Professor in the department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School and is the Medical Director of one of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital's outpatient centers. Dr. Silver has written/edited several books including Essentials of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and The Business of Medicine (Hanley & Belfus, Inc., www.hanleyandbelfus.com) and Post Polio Syndrome: A Guide for Polio Survivors and Their Families (Yale University Press, www.yale.edu/yup/books/088078). Dr. Silver also has extensive experience in writing for local and national publications as well as peer-reviewed medical journals. She is a regular columnist for the magazine Unique Opportunities (www.uoworks.com), and she frequently speaks professionally on medical practice management and business related topics.

Jean E. Thomson Black is the Senior Acquisitions Editor for Science and Medicine at Yale University Press, where she has, since 1990, developed a very active program of trade, scholarly, professional, reference, and course books, including many prize-winning and best-selling titles. Educated at Wellesley College, Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and Rutgers University, Ms. Thomson Black embarked on a career in publishing in 1977 at Academic Press New York, where she acquired books in the life and biomedical sciences and supervised various journals and serial publications. Ms. Thomson Black lives in Darien, Connecticut.

Regina Brooks is the founder of Serendipity Literary Agency LLC., a boutique agency representing a diverse base of award-winning clients in the areas of adult fiction and non-fiction, young adult, and children's literature. She is a 9-year veteran in the publishing industry and has held management positions in editorial and sales/marketing. Before forming her own company, Brooks was the youngest and first African-American editor to work in the college division at John Wiley & Sons Inc. a leading non-fiction publisher. After her Wiley years, she took on an executive editorial role at McGraw-Hill and in just one year developed strategic alliances with IBM, Cisco Systems and Nortel Networks.

Sharon Cloud Hogan is a writer and editor who specializes in working with physicians to create focused and marketable book proposals. She also collaborates with physician-authors to develop and write clear, accessible manuscripts. She has worked as a freelance developmental and substantive editor for nursing texts at W.B. Saunders Company. She also has served as managing editor of two medical journals for Andover Medical Publishers and Little, Brown and Company.

Colleen Mohyde has been an agent with the Doe Coover Agency in Boston for eleven years where she represents an eclectic range of fiction and nonfiction. Her authors include Caroline Knapp, author of the bestselling memoirs, Drinking: A Love Story and Pack of Two; Suzanne Berne, author of A Crime in the Neighborhood and winner of the 1999 Orange Prize for Fiction, and Robert Clark, author of Mr. White's Confession, the recipient of the 1999 Edgar Award for Best Novel. Her nonfiction authors include Tasha Tudor, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Eileen McNamara, and comedians Jonathan Katz and Paula Poundstone. Mohyde was an editor with Little, Brown & Company prior to becoming an agent.


Here's what last year's attendees have to say:
"Excellent"
"Well presented. Julie was effective presenter w/good energy. Really appreciated her enthusiasm"
"Unique"
"Fabulous. Very helpful, practical, useful"
"Good look into publishing"
"Excellent introduction into writing & publishing process outside the scientific articles"
"Well presented by knowledgeable, interesting people"
"Helpful faculty"
"Practical personal tips"
"All presenters top-notch"

Registration Information: The $795 tuition includes a valuable seminar reference manual, continental breakfast and lunch each day with faculty, coffee breaks, and a dynamic learning experience.

 

Saturday, August 16, 2003

7:30-8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:30 Introduction (Julie Silver)
8:30-9:00 Publishing Basics-What You Need to Know (Julie Silver)
9:00-10:00 When to use a Literary Agent, Ghost Writer or Collaborator (Julie Silver)
10:00-10:15

Break and Networking Opportunity

10:15-11:00 How to Write a Successful Non-fiction Book Proposal (Julie Silver)
11:00-12:00 Book Proposals that Sell (Sharon Cloud Hogan)
12:00-1:00 Lunch with Faculty (Provided)
1:00-2:00 What You Need to Know About Literary Agents (Regina Brooks)
2:00-2:30 Building Your Platform-Sales, Marketing and Promotion (Regina Brooks)
2:30-2:45 Break and Networking Opportunity
2:45-4:00  Writing Groups-Session I (with faculty input)
4:00-5:00

Faculty will be available to answer any questions you have on an individual basis

Sunday, August 17, 2003

7:00-7:30 How to Write a Successful Magazine Query Letter (Julie Silver)
7:30-8:00 Non-fiction Writing 101 - How to Make Your Writing Sing (Jean Thompson Black)
8:30-9:30 Contracts and the Business of Writing (Colleen Mohyde)
9:30-10:15 Editor's Insights (Jean Thompson Black)
10:15-10:30 Break and Networking Opportunity
10:30-12:00 Private (brief) consultations with course faculty about your writing/book idea
12:00-1:00 Lunch with Faculty (Provided)
1:00-2:30 Writing Groups-Session II (with faculty input)

SEAK in Falmouth -- August 2003

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