CFF Presents “Manuscript Flaws and Fixes: Editors in Conversation” on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 7:00 P.M. All CFF members are invited to register for this online event.

Please note registration closes at noon on the day of the event. A recording will be available.

You’ve workshopped your novel and gotten feedback from family and friends. You’ve queried agents and sent them excerpts, but something’s still not clicking. Is it time to consult an independent editor? Combining extensive critiquing experience with current market knowledge, indie editors can often identify what’s thwarting your success and recommend specific revisions to boost your chances of landing an agent or a book deal.

Patricia Mulcahy, Jane Rosenman, Leslie Wells, and Sulay Hernandez—all members of 5E, the independent editors’ collective—will discuss common manuscript flaws and how to fix them.

Website: https://www.5eeditors.com/

Panelists

Patricia Mulcahy served as editor in chief at Doubleday and oversaw the Vintage Contemporaries fiction series at Random House. She trained at Viking Penguin and also worked at Little, Brown and Hyperion.

Jane Rosenman was an executive editor at Houghton Mifflin, Scribner, and St. Martin's Press. She was also editorial director at Washington Square Press.

Leslie Wells spent two decades at Hyperion as an executive editor; prior to that, she was a senior editor at Pocket Books and E. P. Dutton.

Sulay Hernandez worked at Simon & Schuster, Penguin, Kensington, and Other Press. She also worked for the Vigliano literary agency.

Ken Schept, CFF president, will serve as moderator.

The Zoom webinar link will be emailed to registered members a couple of days prior to the event. This event is open to members of the Columbia Fiction Foundry, a Columbia University alumni group, and Columbia University affiliates. Please enter your school and class year on the registration form.