HeyJaredNorCal Writers' Retreat
Four annual juried fiction retreats in beautiful Carmel Valley, California. Aspiring authors: join us for four nights and five days with Guest Literary Agents, an Editor, and an Authors-in-Residence to write, workshop, relax, and build community.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 3
- Latest publication
- Oct 1, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Aug 4, 2026
Latest issues
Book Journey with Andrea Thome (opens the original)
Read excerpt
For the Book Journey this month, I chatted with our 2020 and 2023 alum, Andrea Thome, whose latest romance novel, Mine Again, publishes October 13th! On the pod we talked about The Hesse Creek series, Andrea’s first three books, and how she decided to publish them through Girl Friday Productions starting in 2016. After attending the virtual retreat in 2020, Andrea landed an agent and had hoped to get a traditional publishing deal with her next novel. When that didn’t happen, she parted ways with
Book Journey with Katherine Sherbrooke (opens the original)
Read excerpt
When I met Kathy Sherbrooke at the retreat this year, I was excited to learn about her novel This Much Is True , which publishes September 18th from Sibylline Press. I was also interested in her entire book journey, as this marks her fifth publication! Kathy has a lot to share, from her first foray into publishing with the family memoir she published in 2011 ( Finding Home ), to securing interest from Hollywood and an agent for her debut novel, Fill The Sky . She’s worked with a small press (Six
Book Journey with Carinn Jade (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Carinn Jade is currently living her dream: her second novel, The Dahlia Suite, was just published by Atria (Simon & Schuster), and her debut novel, The Astrology House , is being developed by Peacock, with Christina Ricci set to star and executive produce! But dreams are rarely linear. The first novel Carinn wrote was strong enough to get her an agent, but when it went on submission, no editors bit. Devastated, she went back to practicing law, but the need to write never left her alone; so she w
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.