CONTACT
LITERARY AGENT
Christopher Schelling, founder of Selectric Artists, is one of the sharpest literary agents in the game. If you're down to do some business, give him a shout.
Email: christopher@selectricartists.com
Voicemail: 347-668-5426
MEDIA INTERVIEWS
I'm a natural talker and can wax poetic on the following topics:
- The Craft of Fiction Writing: I love delving into the process of developing characters, creating fictional worlds, plotting and pacing narratives, building tension and suspense, drawing inspiration from the real world, and more.
- The Business of Publishing: As a scumbag former finance guy with an MBA, I'm uniquely qualified to discuss the process of querying and securing a literary agent, partnering with a Big Five publisher, embracing publicity, navigating social media, analyzing the financial realities of being an artist, and more.
- The Craft of Comedy: As a naturally funny guy, I can tell you how to write funny, how to talk funny, how to perform funny, and, in general, how to be funny.
- The Myriad Problems with Wall Street and Corporate America: With ten-plus years of experience in the corporate trenches, I can speak about the evolution and ultimate failure of the neoliberal consensus, the myth that the market knows all, the big con known as trickle-down economics, the perverse incentives to cheat on Wall Street, the perverse incentives to cut corners in Corporate America, the slavish yet self-defeating devotion to "shareholder value," and other economic grotesqueries.
- Pop Culture: I love movies, comic books, sports, podcasts, and television shows and can dive deep on the art and business of each enterprise.
- Identity Issues: With my dysfunctional childhood and unusual upbringing, I bring a fresh perspective to discussions concerning race and gender dynamics and I can speak calmly and intelligibly about culture and politics without devolving into partisan hackery.
If you'd like to discuss any of the above topics, please contact me and my publicist David Brown via email:
- David Brown: david.brown@simonandschuster.com
- Amran Gowani: contact@amrangowani.com
SOCIAL MEDIA
I'm active on these social media platforms and would love to connect.