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To help the author develop and create the best book possible. Material that has both commercial appeal and long-term value.
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To help the author determine the next best step in their writing career. Giving counsel regarding the subtleties of the marketplace as well as the realities of the publishing community.
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Why Do You Go to Conferences?
A great question was sent the other day, and I thought it would help explain the other side of the table, so to speak.
Steve? Why do you go to conferences? You already have a big agency with a lot of clients.
That is an excellent question and one that I get asked rather often at conferences! (Why are you here?)
(1) Teaching
I enjoy teaching and the opportunity to train writers in how this industry works. Everybody has to start somewhere, and a writers conference is a great place to learn.
(2) Learning
I learned at conferences … while on faculty! When I started as an editor in 1992, I came from the retail side of the aisle. I knew nothing about writing, publishing, or editors. But I knew books.
It was at conferences over the years where I learned the ropes. I took classes from other faculty. I sat with editors and listened to how they worked. I read the books everyone recommended. In short, I learned.
(3) Relationships
I’ve met thousands of writers over the years at conferences. Many are now successful authors, and some of those are clients!
At conferences, I look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. Working alongside other faculty members and writers has helped build a community of like-minded people with a shared vision.
(4) A Successful Business
As mentioned, many of those relationships have developed into clients whose books are widely distributed.
Book ideas have come while sitting under a tree in a courtyard or walking along a lake. Book ideas have been sold to an editor too!
I view the writers conference as an integral part of our agency’s operations. We are out and about meeting people face-to-face.
I look forward to hearing new ideas from writers. You never know whose story or idea will click. And to hear the writer’s passion behind the idea is invigorating.
Yes, we already have many clients. But that does not prevent us from finding the next best writer. We are always on the lookout.
Your Turn
From your perspective, why would an agent go to a conference? Other than to meet you.
Leave a CommentFun Fridays – June 5, 2026
Supercalifragilistic Writing by Frank Ball (https://frankball.org/supercalifragilistic-writing/) reprinted with permission It started one day when I felt quite atrocious, My writing was messy, my grammar ferocious. I needed a spark that was bold and ambitious, A word so grand, something bright, and delicious. I thought and I thought. My words were explosious, When out popped a word that was highly composious. It jingled and jangled. It rhymed with precocious. Yes, it was supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Some say that word is absurd and pretentious, Too long, too loud, and maybe too boisterous. But I say it sings with a joy so contagious, It tickles …
Yes, Write Your Memoir
Do you feel deeply and passionately that you should write your memoir? Though I am not actively seeking memoirs, judging from the submissions my office receives, many people do. Please know this discussion does not include biographies. They are different from memoirs because not only are they written by a biographer, but the subject has been determined to be of great enough interest to warrant a biography. In contrast, anyone can write a book about themselves unaided and without any vetting. Please Write It! Most people experience some trauma, whether innumerable splinter-like hurts or one or more major events. Writing …
Monday Moments – June 1, 2026
Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.” From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him. For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. For …
Fun Fridays – May 29, 2026
This video may have been created in 2014–well before Covid, Zoom, Teams, Meets, etc. became a vital part of our business life–but have things really changed? (Zoom now means something different than a cat or dog zipping around the living room.) Enjoy this blast from the past (present) (future). (If you cannot see the video, please click the title of the post to visit our site to view it.) ShareTweet