I'd been dreaming of New York since I was a young girl, and I'd been dreaming of going to Nationals since I joined RWA six years ago. What a perfect opportunity to combine my dreams into one neat package! The Charming Man was not about to be left behind, so the two of us planned and schemed until we got our butts in our airplane and took off. :)
I've often said that if you want to learn to write, you must join RWA. This conference proves it.
2000+ writers mingled with agents, editors, heads of publishing houses, and each other. The book signing's line coiled around three floors and then out to the street - and it raised $57,000 for adult literacy. Editors from every publishing house spoke freely about their jobs and what kinds of books they were looking for.
There were hundreds of workshops in five tracks:
- Craft
- Career
- Writer's Life/Muse
- Publishing
- Research
- Building Your Author Website
- Creating Three Dimensional Characters
- Show Me the Money! (Yes, it was about how you will get paid as an author)
- Writing Romance through Separation and Divorce
- Twenty Five Years in Romance: An editor explains Romance Publishing and how it works
Its not fair, but NY and then Boston.:P
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, the nifty-cool pendulum will swing your way again soon. :)
ReplyDeleteDid the money stuff cover mainly the big-media route (agent, large publishers, etc) or did it also get into the digital/new-media route (such as self-publishing on the Kindle)?
ReplyDelete@Brian - Both. I'm going to be talking more about what I learned in upcoming posts. I went to a speech by HarperCollins' Senior Vice President of Global Marketing Strategy and Operations and she discussed this in great detail.
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