Preview
Creation Date
3-28-2026
Description
Drawing of literary agent Sorche Fairbank, sharing the perfect first sentence to sell your book.
Session title: How To Make Agents Laugh (in a Good Way)
Session description: Agents are serious about books, but most of them like to laugh, too. Learn how to craft pitches and pages that showcase your wit without overloading your query with bad puns. You’ll explore timing, voice, joy of discovery and humor that lands instead of flops. Bring your best (and worst) pitch lines for live feedback.
Artist's Note
Sorche. What a cool name. And I really enjoyed meeting her. She was cool and had an edge. We have a small connection in that she represents a New Yorker cartoonist, someone I know, and I found out she’s pretty well-versed in the world of gag cartoons.
Rights
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Keywords
Erma Bombeck, humor writing, Saturday Night Live, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, Comedy, Illustration, Live-drawing
