Making It: Queer & Trans Writers & Book Workers On Craft & Publishing

Join Hive Mind Books for a conversation with writers Olivia Wolfgang-Smith, Temim Fruchter, and Amelia Possanza about writing and publishing life.

Making It is a conversation series where queer and trans writers can learn directly from accomplished writers, publishing professionals, and other book workers about the art and business of books.

In this conversation, will talk about aspects of researching and writing history for fiction, how to market a book and reach a desired audience, and how to work with a book publicist.

Bring your questions about craft, publishing, and bookselling to Hive Mind Books for candid conversations with our featured speakers, who pull back the curtain on how they create work and share it with the world. After their conversation, we’ll open the floor for an extended audience Q&A.

This conversation is free to attend. Writers of all levels welcome. No MFA or conference free required. The event is produced by Hive Mind Books and is intended specifically for queer and trans writers.

Olivia Wolfgang-Smith is the author of Glassworks, which was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. She is a 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Fiction from The New York Foundation for the Arts and lives in Brooklyn with her partner. Her most recent book is Mutual Interest.

Temim Fruchter is a queer nonbinary writer who was raised in a Modern Orthodox Jewish household. She holds an MFA in fiction from the University of Maryland, and has received first prize in short fiction from both American Literary Review and New South; she is a 2020 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award winner. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. 

Amelia Possanza is a founder of Lavender Public Relations. She loves working with debut novelists, fiction writers who bring a fresh voice and perspective to their work, and memoirists, as well as literary organizations. She is also the author of Lesbian Love Story.

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