Our agency believes in the importance of a writer’s education and the value of the writers conference experience. We have written over 50 articles that can help you make the most of your conference experience, all of them are listed below. If bound in a single volume it would be a book of nearly 40,000 words. Enjoy!
Conference Preparation
The Writers Conference Decision
Six Excuses (That Don’t Work) for Not Attending a Conference (Guest blog by Linda Taylor)
Get Thee to a Writers Conference (Guest blog by James Scott Bell)
What Should I Wear to a Conference?
What You May Not Know Before Going to a Conference
Can’t Go to the Conference? Don’t Despair!
The Conference Itself
Goofus and Gallant Go to a Writers Conference
4 Tips for Surviving a Writers Conference
One Word to Increase Your Conference Enjoyment
Tools from the Front Lines: Writers Conferences
Conference Travel: What Could Go Wrong?
Once You are at the Conference
The Editor/Agent Appointment
When Your Agent Appointment Flops
What Editors Wish You Knew About Meeting Them at a Writers Conference
Your Pitch
Get Attention with the Right Title
Do You Have a Great Title for Your Book?
High Concept: Catching Readers One at a Time
Proposals: Creating a Strong Hook
Your Book Proposal
Hints for a Great Cover Letter
The Keys to a Great Book Proposal
Synopsis Made Easy – I Promise!
Read All About It! – The Back Cover Copy
Endorsements: How Important Are They?
Agents and Proposals: What to Expect
Two Mistakes Made in Some Recent Book Proposals
Attract Attention…in a GOOD Way!
An Agent’s Perspective
Aftermath
What Keeps You from Following Up?
I just smiled. Big. What a wealth of information all organized together, thank you!
I’m keeping to local, smaller conferences and workshops this year. God knows if ACFW will happen next year. Those going to ACFW, I wish you wonderful week! 🙂
What a great resource this is, Steve. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Wow! I’m sharing this with my writers group and then saving it to digest properly after work today. Thank you for taking the time to pull it all together for us. I’ll be at the HACWN Conference in Kansas City this year.
Thanks, Steve!
I was going over my lists, preparing for ACFW, and getting things together for the agents that I’m meeting with. On my list was “check past blogs by agents.” Wow! You’ve pulled it all together for us.
Thanks!
Thanks for these great links. Many I’ve read over the years, but it’s good to be reminded before heading to Nashville!
Thank you! I have done much research lately to prepare for ACFW and ran across several of these. Looks like I have a lot more reading to do! Looking forward to seeing you and Tamela at the agent panels. 🙂
Thanks Y’all! I needed this!
Yes, to comfy shoes! Glad you covered what to wear and not wear. I can’t promise that the jitters will be gone, but I do promise to enjoy hanging out with this community of writers in Nashville. Thanks for all the conference blogs.
A treasure trove of information. Thank you! 🙂
I have been scheduled to do a March workshop in my area on the pros and cons of Indie publishing versus traditional publishing, ending with a short bit of advice on attending conferences. Thanks, Steve. With this page, the info for conferences is right at my fingertips.