Masterclass Lunch w/ Industry Professionals
Fri, May 01
|John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Time & Location
May 01, 2026, 12:00 PM – May 02, 2026, 2:00 PM
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 524 W 59th St, New York, NY 10019, USA
About the event
Masterclass Lunches
Two intimate, limited-capacity lunch conversations designed for writers thinking expansively about their place in publishing and how to resource their work responsibly.
Lunch 1: When Publishing Says No: Funding the Work Anyway with Adriana Herrera
Friday, May 1st, 12:00 PM | Limited Seating
Join Adriana Herrera, a USA Today bestselling author born and raised in the Dominican Republic Wikipedia, for an intimate discussion on decision-making under constraint. Drawing from her successful Kickstarter campaign for "After the End: A Dystopian Romance Collection," which demonstrated how writers can bypass traditional publishing gatekeepers and build direct relationships with readers Substack, explore when to wait, when to pivot, how to protect creative control, and how to resource your work responsibly. Lunch is included.
Lunch 2: Palabras at the Table: Beyond the Book Deal with Yahdon Israel
Tickets
Masterclass w/ Yahdon Israel
An intimate lunch conversation with Yahdon Israel exploring how to build lasting influence in publishing beyond the manuscript. Limited seating. Lunch included.
$50.00
+$1.25 ticket service fee
Masterclass w/ Adriana Herrera
May 1st-An intimate lunch conversation with Adriana Herrera exploring decision-making under constraint when traditional publishing says no. Limited seating. Lunch included.
$50.00
+$1.25 ticket service fee
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