Note: Thank you to Melissa Tagg for her guest post today as I finish up a novel! Love her ideas for standing out at a writers conference in a positive way! (if you’re going to ACFW, I hope to see you there – sign up for our annual Pizza Party at: http://pizzaparty.mybooktherapy.com!) ***** It’s only natural to want to stand out at a writing conference. After all, chances are one of your top reasons for attending in the first place is to catch the attention of an agent or editor. And that can be hard to do with hundreds of other writers around. But I’m a firm believer that there’s a right way to stand out…and an oh-so-wrong way. Hijacking the stage during the opening session at ACFW? Wrong. Introducing yourself as “The […]
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Getting Ready for Conference
The ACFW Conference is coming up in a month and it’s time to start getting ready. No, don’t pack your suitcase yet, but start thinking about what you’ll need before you hit the conference road. Whether you’re a planner or not, it’s always good to jot a few notes in preparation for any trip, especially a fast paced conference. Here’s a few things I do: Print out my flight plan. Always good to know when my flight is taking off. Hubby loves the early morning flights when he has to drive me to the airport at 5:00 a.m. Get business cards or any other “hand out” material ready. I’ve taken off more times than I care to confess without my business cards and I regret it every time. So get […]
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What is on your must read list? And what will you do with it?
We are all writers and, I’d hazard to guess, voracious readers as well. No doubt you have a tremendous list of novels and books on craft piling up on your nightstand, end table, book shelf… passenger seat of your car… But as writers we get more than entertainment from books, we get lessons. As the Writing Career Coach I also get lessons from business books, marketing lectures and online teachers. This week’s blog is actually an excerpt from my upcoming book, “52 Weeks of Writing Success”. I decided to share this because whenever I work with writers or business owners I find that they are great on ideas, awful on follow through. This is all about helping you with follow through. *** When you’re reading a book, how do you […]
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