This is an advanced writing program conducted in an intimate group setting. It is designed to give you the personalized attention and knowledge needed to help you break through and get published.

Registration is strictly limited to a maximum of 36 attendees. This weekend course is being held in an easily accessible, "fly in, fly out" location near Chicago’s O’Hare airport.

Tuition: $1,995. This includes:
• 2 Days of Advanced Intimate Group Instruction by New York Times Best Selling Author Robert Dugoni.
• A course manual unavailable elsewhere
• A copy of Robert Dugoni’s best selling text.
• Written feedback on the first chapter of their work from accomplished novelist and writing instructor John Hough, Jr.
• A private 15 minute one-on-one coaching session with John Hough, Jr.
• Written feedback on their query letter and synopsis from literary agent Sorche Fairbank
• A private 15 minute one-on-one coaching session with literary agent Sorche Fairbank
• Breakfast with faculty each day
• Lunch with faculty each day
• The personalized attention and knowledge needed to help you break through and get published.

 

The course leader is New York Times best selling author Robert Dugoni, Jr. Bob is a superb teacher and will provide the attendees with invaluable advice on how to take their writing to the next level and get it published. Each attendee will also receive substantial personalized attention, specifically:
» Written feedback on the first chapter of their work from accomplished novelist and writing instructor John Hough, Jr.
» A private 15 minute one-on-one coaching session with accomplished novelist and writing instructor John Hough, Jr.
» Written feedback on their query letter and synopsis from literary agent Sorche Fairbank
» A private 15 minute one-on-one coaching session with literary agent Sorche Fairbank

 

Robert Dugoni is the author of three novels including Wrongful Death (Touchstone/Fireside 2009) a sequel to his New York Times Bestselling debut, The Jury Master (Warner Books 2006). Mystery Magazine called Wrongful Death one of the best books of the year. Dugoni is also the author of Damage Control (Warner Books 2007) a Parade Magazine Book Pick and Booksense Notable Book Pick, as well as the nonfiction expose, The Cyanide Canary, (Simon & Schuster 2004) a Washington Post Best Book of the Year Selection, and the Idaho Book of the Year. His novels have been published in eighteen countries and received national acclaim. For additional information please visit www.robertdugoni.com

Sorche Elizabeth Fairbank established Fairbank Literary Representation in 2002, when she first moved to Cambridge, MA. Since then, Ms. Fairbank has had the pleasure of working with a wide, dynamic, and varied list, representing multiple best-selling authors, Pulitzer Prize finalists and winners, Edgar recipients, award-winning journalists, and of course her favorite kind of client the first-time author. In addition to her agenting duties, Ms. Fairbank can be found teaching courses and giving seminars and lectures on the elusive art of the query letter. Updated information on Fairbank Literary can be found at www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/SorcheFairbank/.

John Hough, Jr. is the author of the novels Carry Me Home, A Two Car Funeral, The Guardian, The Conduct of the Game, and The Last Summer. He is also the author the non-fiction works Seen The Glory, A Peck of Salt, A Dream Season, and A Player For a Moment. He is a former speech writer for United States Senator Charles Mathias and a former writer for the New York Times while serving as the assistant to James Reston. John is an experienced writing teacher and coach. He resides on Martha’s Vineyard.