Join the Society of Midland Authors for a panel discussion on publishing. The program will cover how to find the right publisher for you and your work, how to negotiate a fair contract, and more! The session will be moderated by author, professor, and Society fo Midland Authors VP Wally Podrazik, and will feature acquisitions editor Sylvia Frank Rodriguez, attorney and LCA board member Steven Baron, and author Marlene Targ Brill. About the Society of Midland Authors: Midland Authors is a membership-based organization dedicated to supporting Midwestern Authors. Founded in 1915 as the Society of Midland Authors, its goal is to create a closer association among Midwestern authors. To promote authorship and readership in the Midwest, the organization hosts monthly literary events that are free and open to the public; publishes Literary License, a monthly newsletter that includes members’ news and other information important to the community; participates in special events, such as Printers Row Lit Fest; and conducts an annual book awards competition. Membership is open to published authors who live, or have lived, in one of twelve Midwestern states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, or Wisconsin. Associate membership is open to other individuals with a professional connection to literature, such as librarians, teachers, publishers and editors. Learn more at https://midlandauthors.org/ About the Panelists: Wally Podrazik Moderator Walter Podrazik is Midland VP, teaches at the University of Illinois Chicago, and is co-author of 9 books. The latest is Watching TV: American Television Season by Season, just released from Syracuse University Press Sylvia Frank Rodrigue acquires history and criminology books for SIU Press. Through her business Sylverlining she coaches authors and copyedits nonfiction and fiction manuscripts. She was editor-in-chief at LSU Press, associate editor at Stackpole Books, and coauthor of Images of America: Baton Rouge. Steve Baron counsels businesses on intellectual property matters and helps clients resolve complex commercial disputes. His experience includes protecting and advising on trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, defamation, privacy, right of publicity, advertising, and marketing. Steve represents media and entertainment clients’ best interests in federal and state courts, administrative tribunals, arbitrations, and mediations. His works with publishers, authors, podcasters, advertising and marketing agencies, graphic artists, recording companies and recording artists, information technology businesses, and other businesses with intellectual property and publishing issues. bhhlawfirm.com and Lawyers for the Creative Arts at law-arts.org/lca-board-directors Marlene Targ Brill is an award-winning author of more than 70 books for readers of all ages. She’s had extensive experience with several different types of publishers. marlenetargbrill.com Wally Podrazik, Midland Authors VP & Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Illinois Chicago Sylvia Frank Rodrigue, Owner of Sylverlining LLC & Executive Editor for Southern Illinois University Press Steve Baron, Partner at Baron Harris Healey Marlene Targ Brill, Award Winning Author
