June Brain Pick: Agenting & Writing Thrillers with Jennifer Herrera at Indy Hall

Friends, it’s been a long time.

Back in 2019, when I moved back to Philadelphia, I hosted these small publishing AMA events at Indy Hall, my beloved coworking space. When things shut down in 2020, these events went virtual for a spell, and eventually morphed into the Philly Writing Discord that I started with my pal Swapna Krishna.

Ask me for a link.

But. I missed those in-person events terribly. The energy. The questions. The networking. Publishing is a notoriously inaccessible business to understand, so these events were my way to help writers in my local community. Ah, it was a delight. And now that my buddies Alex and Adam (thank you dudes!) are doing events again in their beautiful new space in Northern Liberties, it’s time to bring them back.

Join me at Indy Hall on June 26th at 6:30PM for the return of these in-person brain picks. The first guest is my pal, Jennifer Herrera.

A literary agent at David Black, Jennifer works on some truly amazing nonfiction titles, and is drawn to “smart, issue-driven books, especially those from journalists as well as writers with professional expertise, including science, psychology, philosophy, economics, prescriptive, lifestyle, history, and the stories of underrepresented groups.”

She’s also an acclaimed author, as her debut, The Hunter, published with Putnam earlier this year. As someone who read and devoured it, let me tell you. It’s staggeringly brilliant.

The format is simple. I’ll ask Jennifer a few questions to get everyone grounded in who she is and what she does, and then the audience can ask questions for an hour. Show up ready to chat and meet other writers, these make for wonderful networking opportunities. Ask questions! Make friends! Eat some snacks!

You can RSVP to the event here, and please RSVP, it’s how you will get the code to get inside the building. It’s at 709 N 2nd St, on the 3rd Floor, in Northern Liberties.

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As always, these are completely free. And always will be.

See you there. And if you’d like to stay updated on future events like these, be sure to subscribe to my little newsletter that I almost never update.