Pitching for Career Authors
How to pitch your novel and project ideas as a published author
Pitching throughout your career
Communicating your ideas and pitching novel concepts, so that you can sell your next book before you've written it can make a world of difference to a working author. This course is designed to help you do just that - covering pitching to your existing agent or editor, pitching to a new editor, and putting yourself forward for IP projects. Learn to pitch like a pro and keep your writing career on track.
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Buy 'Pitching for Career Authors' for a one off price of £29.99 (UK price - price in other countries may vary because of differing taxes).
PLEASE NOTE: This course was originally available as part of the Author Breakthrough Club mini-course range and may include references in the video tutorials to comments, chats and specific dates that are not relevant to this pre-recorded version.
Course curriculum
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1Pitching throughout your writing career
About your tutor
Alison May is a novelist and short story writer and a former Chair of the Romantic Novelists’ Association. She currently writes romantic comedies as Amelia Berry and is published by Hera/Canelo. Her first crime novel will be released by One More Chapter in 2026.
Alison has been shortlisted in both the Love Stories and Romantic Novel of the Year awards. Along with Janet Gover, Alison also writes reinterpretations of misunderstood classic novels, under the penname Juliet Bell.
Alison is also qualified teacher with a degree in Creative Writing and, as well as working one to one with developing novelists, has taught for NAWG, Worcestershire Litfest and the University of Worcester. She is currently an associate lecturer in creative writing with the Open University. Past students and mentoring clients have gone on to achieve agent representation, publication with traditional publishers – including Avon, Boldwood, Bookouture, Fourth Estate, Headline, Head of Zeus and HQ – and to self-publish successfully.