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WriteOnCon is a completely free, completely online conference for writers of childrens' picture books, middle grade, and young adult fiction. But I believe ANY writer will benefit from the information there. You do not have to be logged in 100% of the time, and everything that has already "aired" is linked so you can view it at your convenience. The conference is running through the end of the day Thursday. Click HERE to register.
Oh, did I mention there is a critique forum available as well, where agents and editors will be lurking and possibly contacting you via PM if they're interested in your work? Yeah. There's that, too. I honestly don't see any reason NOT to sign up and check it out.
Here are a few of my personal favorites from yesterday's schedule:
Give Yourself Permission by editor Molly O'Neil
Myths and Misconceptions by literary agent Holly Root and editors Molly O'Neil and Martha Mihalick
Writing a Query Letter by author Jodi Meadows
Questions to Ask Yourself Before Revision by editor Kendra Levin
Industry Professional Panel: Online Presence for Authors
This is the transcript of the live chat last night. I think I learned the most from literary agent Elana Roth's comments and publicist Paul Samuelson's comments.
Live Video Workshop With Literary Agent Mark McVeigh: Working With Agents and Editors
For yesterday's complete schedule, click HERE.
I hope to see some (more) of you at WriteOnCon today!
~Lydia
Hi Lydia. I saw a crit you gave over at WOC. I thought it was pretty astute so I came over here to follow your blog.
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Thanks! Nice to meet you, too. :)
ReplyDeleteI love giving and getting crits, especially with authors I'm not familiar with yet. Mutually beneficial.
A friend of mine introduced me to both writeoncon and your blog, and both are great! The best thing about writeoncon is being able to access the archives, especially if you have a day job that frowns on web surfing during work =) Thanks for the suggestions above. I'll check those out first.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sierra! Can I ask you gave you the rec for my blog? That's awesome. :)
ReplyDeleteWriteOnCon has been amazing so far. My head might just explode.
Of course! Annie Cechini recommended your blog, I actually initially linked to it from her site (theinkphantom.blogspot.com). I've been soaking in writeoncon-can't wait to look at some more of the archives!
ReplyDeleteJust saw writeoncon mentioned on Twitter, wondered what that was, and then went back to the next blog on my Reader and there you were, with not only an answer, but best-of links.
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Annie, if you see this, THANK YOU!
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LOL. Or chocolate. Whichever. ;) Glad I could answer your questions.
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I will be back later this afternoon (Thursday) to post highlights of Day Two. Too busy this morning. Stay tuned!
Loving writeoncon. Thanks for the rec!
ReplyDeleteI know this is totally late, but thank you for helping to spread the word! You rock. :)
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