# Strategy Session with Erika Romer - StoryPop Collective

> A 60-minute, one-on-one session for children's book authors. Bring wherever you're stuck: shape and structure, theme and pacing, emotional beats, prose, a diversity read for authentic representation, comp titles and market positioning, or which publishing path fits your book. You'll leave with a clear assessment and next steps. You can reschedule once with at least 24 hours' notice. Sessions are non-refundable.

- Host: Erika Romer - StoryPop Collective
- Duration: 60 min
- Location: Google Meet
- Host time zone: America/Los_Angeles
- Confirmation: Bookings are confirmed instantly.
- Payment: required, and collected on the booking page.
- Booking page: https://cal.com/story-pop-collective/strategy
- Event type id: 6569253

## Check availability

```http
GET https://api.cal.com/v2/slots?eventTypeId=6569253&start=YYYY-MM-DD&end=YYYY-MM-DD&timeZone=<IANA time zone>
cal-api-version: 2024-09-04
```

The response is `{"data":{"YYYY-MM-DD":[{"start":"<ISO 8601 with offset>"}]}}`; no API key is needed.

## Book

```http
POST https://api.cal.com/v2/bookings
cal-api-version: 2026-02-25
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "eventTypeId": 6569253,
  "start": "<UTC ISO 8601 start from the slots response>",
  "attendee": {
    "name": "…",
    "email": "…",
    "timeZone": "<IANA time zone>"
  },
  "guests": [
    "guest@example.com"
  ],
  "bookingFieldsResponses": {
    "Working-title-of-your-book": "…",
    "What-kind-of-book-is-it": "…",
    "Where-are-you-in-the-process": "…",
    "What-would-you-most-like-help-with": "…",
    "In-a-sentence-or-two--what-is-your-story-about": "…",
    "What-is-the-biggest-thing-standing-in-your-way-right-now": "…",
    "Are-you-a-Blueprint-student": "…",
    "notes": "…",
    "Link-to-your-manuscript-or-sample-pages--optional": "…",
    "How-did-you-hear-about-StoryPop": "…"
  }
}
```

- Required fields: `name` (Your name), `email` (Email address), `Working-title-of-your-book` (Working title of your book), `What-kind-of-book-is-it` (What kind of book is it?), `Where-are-you-in-the-process` (Where are you in the process?), `What-would-you-most-like-help-with` (What would you most like help with?), `In-a-sentence-or-two--what-is-your-story-about` (In a sentence or two, what is your story about?), `What-is-the-biggest-thing-standing-in-your-way-right-now` (What is the biggest thing standing in your way right now?), `Are-you-a-Blueprint-student` (Are you a Blueprint student?)
- Optional fields: `notes` (Additional notes), `guests` (Add guests), `Link-to-your-manuscript-or-sample-pages--optional` (Link to your manuscript or sample pages (optional)), `How-did-you-hear-about-StoryPop` (How did you hear about StoryPop?)
- `name` and `email` go in `attendee` and `guests` is a list of emails; every other field goes in `bookingFieldsResponses` under its name.