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 Where writers work and network, and where agents and editors discover them.  Author Salon attracts promising writers and transforms them into great writers by guiding them through the project development process in a realistic and methodical manner with publication as the goal. To that end, Author Salon serves as an ongoing and effective bridge between its aspiring author members and professionals in the business, actively reaching out to major New York editors and literary agents on both coasts to promote a variety of projects each and every month. In other words, we query on behalf of our writers, providing them with the visibility and promotion they need to become published.
Please know that Author Salon isn't for everyone, only for serious writers desirous of publication and completely open to productive critique from qualified peers and professionals. Writers on the verge of Author Salon should first review the AS PROFILE GUIDE, read our WRITERS WHO BENEFIT page, and watch our AUTHOR SALON OMG EPIPHANY VIDEO. For purposes of elaboration, the mission of Author Salon as follows: First, to make Author Salon a preferred source of discovery for literary agents, producers, and publishing house editors. Author Salon opens channels to professionals to keep them updated on desirable projects, and for those who wish to search, we provide detailed writer and project profiles, multiple search parameters, and lists of high-rated projects, thus enabling professionals to more quickly obtain a range of information, and in a manner conducive to productive decision-making. Second, to create a 24/7 writers conference environ utilizing a criteria-based step by step workshop approach that includes a primary and upper level peer-and-pro review process, a separate two level review by Author Salon, additional forum-based draft workshops, as well as a final top level review on the part of seasoned peers and players in the publishing business. We tell the writer what works, what doesn't work, and what needs to be developed further - while they can still do something about it - and before an agent or publisher shuts the door in their face. We work with all genres, including upmarket and literary, historical, serious and light women's fiction, romance, fantasy, SF, middle-grade and YA fantasy and SF, urban fantasy, general fiction, thrillers, mystery cozy, detective and true crime, and more. Third, to sustain a suitable and pragmatic work space for the nonfiction and novel writing community that combines the technical advantages of a Facebook-like environ (instant chat, site mail, video embeds, etc.) with the content approach of Publisher's Marketplace. In other words, Author Salon provides the communication and features technology the writer community needs while enabling easy access to a backdrop of publishing news, as well as writer resource and craft content. Fourth, to make Author Salon a trusted source of tie-breaking, valuable information on fiction and nonfiction writing, craft, publishing, and book marketing that avoids the myths and sticks only to the facts. ON TO REGISTRATION 
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