Linda Fritz, editor of The Delmarva Review, Thom Didato, Publisher and Founding Editor of Failbetter.com and Barbara Esstman, an accomplished writer/teacher and a contributor to The Delmarva Review in 2008, will compare and contrast their experiences in literary publishing, share their insights, and answer questions about how to get your work published.

LINDA FRITZ is the editor of The Delmarva Review, a regional literary journal now in its second year. Early in her career Linda was an assistant editor for Sunset and the associate editor for Diversion magazine. She also traveled extensively as a marketing researcher and management consultant before settling in Easton, MD 30 years ago. Her interest in writing began as a teenager when she had a weekly column in a local newspaper and wrote for her high school literary magazine. Several years ago she returned to creative writing. Her piece, “Remembering Martin – Joan Baez Creates Legendary Magic,” recently won a Clarion Award for creative nonfiction from the Association of Women in Communication.

THOM DIDATO is Publisher and Founding Editor of failbetter.com.

Internationally published and nationally awarded author BARBARA ESSTMAN, BA, MFA, is the co-editor, with Virginia Hartman, of A MORE PERFECT UNION: STORIES AND POEMS ABOUT THE MODERN WEDDING (St. Martin's Press). She is also the author of THE OTHER ANNA and NIGHT RIDE HOME, both published in the US by Harcourt Brace and HarperPerennial and in numerous translations by Bertelsmann and other foreign presses. Both novels were adapted for TV film by Hallmark Productions. Her short stories and essays have appeared in Lear's and various literary magazines such as Confrontation, and they have been recognized by the Pushcart Prizes and the REDBOOK Fiction Award. Her articles have appeared in the Washington Post, LA Times, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch, among others, and she writes travel PR copy for Biotrek Adventure Tours. She is a NEA, VCCA and Maryland Commission for the Arts fellow. She teaches creative writing and creative non-fiction at universities and The Writer's Center in Bethesda, MD.