Event Summary

Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts & DC Public Library presents:

“Need Help Getting Your Book Published?”

This panel discussion will explore new and traditional services available to writers seeking to get published. With the growth of self-publishing, many new services have emerged to help writers become published authors, even via traditional publishing houses. These services include the good, the bad and the ugly - this panel will discuss how to navigate those services while protecting your interests.

Hear from a literary agent and lawyer, learn from two successfully published authors who also provide publishing services and coaching.

Moderated by: Tamika D. Jones, Esq – Attorney, Author, WALA Publishing Committee www.jonespractice.com/

Panelists:

John D. Mason of Copyright Counselors, LLC is an art, entertainment and intellectual property attorney, and literary agent. He is based in the Washington DC/Maryland area. His practice focuses on copyright and trademark transactional matters, litigation, publishing and media issues, contracts, and commercial matters. He works with writers, artists, filmmakers and people and companies in creative industries to protect, promote and exploit their work. In addition to his law practice, Mr. Mason is adjunct faculty teaching Entertainment Law at UDC Law School, past adjunct teaching Art and the Law at George Mason University, Board President of Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, and past Advisory Board member of the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington.

Author Michelle Brafman’s debut novel Washing the Dead (2015) and her collection of linked short stories Bertrand Court (2016) are both published by Prospect Park Books. She has spoken about both books at more than 160 venues, including book stores, classrooms, synagogues, and myriad book groups across the country. In addition to her own writing, she helps others find and tune their narrative voices. She teaches creative writing at The Johns Hopkins MA in Writing Program and smaller workshops throughout the Washington, D.C. area. A participating author with the PEN/Faulkner Writer in Schools program, in 2003, she founded Yeah Write, a writing coaching business, and last summer launched a college essay writing workshop. https://michellebrafman.com/about/

N.D. Jones is the founder of Kuumba Publishing, an art, audiobook, eBook, and paperback company. Kuumba Publishing is a forum for creativity, with a special commitment to promoting and encouraging creative works of authors and artists of African descent. Her teenage daughter created the image design for Kuumba Publishing, while her son has written a role-playing game original character bio for a new paranormal romance series—making Kuumba Publishing a true family affair. A desire to see more novels with positive, sexy, and three-dimensional African American characters as soul mates, friends, and lovers, inspired the author to take on the challenge of penning such romantic reads. She is the author of two paranormal romance series: Winged Warriors and Death and Destiny. She’s also embarked on a science fiction romance series, Forever Yours. N.D. likes to read historical and paranormal romance novels, as well as comics and manga. https://www.ndjonesparanormalpleasure.com/

Event Details

• Date

  November 2, 2019

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• Time

  2:00pm - 4:00pm

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• Partner

  DC Public Library

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• Venue

  Georgetown Neighborhood Library
  3260 R St NW
  Washington, DC 20007