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Don’t be overwhelmed: A game plan of what to do after a writers’ conference!

By on September 25, 2012 in 3. Publish your Story, 4. Writer’s Life, Inspiration and Life Coaching, Encourage Me!, General Topics, House Calls, Susan May Warren, Writing Conferences

Are you home from the ACFW conference?  Finally unpacked?  I hope you came home filled with encouragement and new ideas on how to make your writing breathtaking. I came home to a clean house and smiling sons.  Nice! Conferences can be overwhelming, between the requests for proposals or full manuscripts, new story ideas, craft lessons, marketing epiphanies and loads of new friends.  Don’t be overwhelmed.  Here’s a game plan of what to do after a writers’ conference: Organize your contacts: Sit down a make a list of everyone you met, from editors to fellow authors, to newbies. Reach out:  If they are editors or agents who gave you their time, even in an elevator to listen to your proposal, thank them.  If they asked you for a submission, thank them and tell them that you’ll be […]

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Attending a writers conference: the hidden costs

By on September 11, 2012 in 3. Publish your Story, 4. Writer’s Life, Inspiration and Life Coaching, 7. Search by Author:, Alena Tauriainen, Encourage Me!, Special Teams, Writing Conferences

A note from Susie May: Alena Tauriainen is one of my favorite aspiring authors – she’s a hard worker, creative and has a heart to press on in this journey. She is also the MBT Retreats Hostess and writes a series for the MBT Blog called, “The Next Step,” about the small steps an aspiring author makes every day that add up to a finished novel. I asked her to blog today on her perspective on attending a writers conferences when you’re early in the journey. Thank you, Alena! ***** Many of my writing friends told me attending a writing conference was the next step on my writing journey. I shrugged them off. After all, I was learning to schedule time in to write, reading blogs and other various articles […]

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Stand out…outstandingly.

By on September 4, 2012 in 3. Publish your Story, 5. MBT Interviews and Events, How do I Pitch my Book?, How do I Promote my book?, Writing Conferences

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

By on August 30, 2012 in 3. Publish your Story, 5. MBT Interviews and Events, Encourage Me!, How do I Pitch my Book?, How do I Promote my book?, Rachel Hauck, Writing Conferences

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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