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MICK
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Biography
Mick Silva has edited for Focus on the Family, WaterBrook Multnomah, and Windblown Media (publisher of The Shack). He now acquires for Zondervan in men’s and relationship categories, and consults on platform building and author relations. He is looking for unusual personal narratives with strong spiritual takeaway that have big name support (or are working on it).
Workshop
Stand Out & Fit In: Four Key Traits of Bestselling Writers
Since you have to reach people who don’t know you or your story, how can you edit down to the one thing you are uniquely gifted to share? As a 20 year veteran of acquisitions and development for multiple houses, Mick has observed four universal characteristics of top-selling writers that may offer the closest thing to a step-by-step guide to selling great books one could hope for.
1:1 Appointments
In order to make the most of your 1:1 appointment, we recommend that you carefully review the faculty members' areas of expertise, needs, and requests to identify those best suited for your goals as a writer.
Acquiring: Nonfiction spiritual growth in-line with what Zondervan publishes.
Not interested in: Devotionals, fiction, poetry.
Pre-qualifications: A proposal, agented or not.
Not interested in: Devotionals, fiction, poetry.
Pre-qualifications: A proposal, agented or not.
