Today I’m going to talk about something that may seem a bit odd: The conference blues. “Oh, Tiff. You mean the post-conference letdown?” No. I don’t mean that at all. What I’m talking about is the deep sense of intimidation or “not belonging” that I’ve both seen in others and experienced myself at various writer’s conferences. This is something that I was completely unprepared for when I attended my first national writing conference in September 2006. I was so excited…so prepared…so overwhelmed. I remember when I got there I’d already been published in two national print publications [Today’s Christian and Charisma Magazine] and I’d also been a regular columnist for a local newspaper. Yet, as I walked around the group of about 300 people a voice in my head kept […]
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Frasier Contest Blog Tour
Hello! Usually, yes, we have Fabulous Fiction Friday… but because we have the Frasier Contest going on this month, I wanted to take this day to encourage you to stop by the following blogs this month and check what the Voices had to say about the Frasier Contest! February 6: Melissa Tagg http://www.melissatagg.com/ February 7: Beth Vogt http://bethvogt.com/ February 8: Andrea Nell http://www.andrea-michelle-wood.blogspot.com/ February 10: Michelle Lim http://thoughtsonplot.wordpress.com/ February 16: Edie Melson http://thewriteconversation.blogspot.com/ February 23: Lisa Jordan http://www.lisajordanbooks.com/ February 27: Julia Matuska http://painterspen.blogspot.com/ February 29: Tiffany Colter http://writingcareercoach.com/ March 1: Casey Herringshaw http://thewritersalleys.blogspot.com/ March 2: Jennifer Fromke http://jenniferfromke.com/blog/ March 5: Rachel Hauck http://www.rachelhauck.com/ Thank you all for your Blog post – and for more info about the Frasier […]
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Aspiring writers are always looking ahead to that book contract. They write, revise, network, rewrite, learn, plot…and dream. Pre-pubbed can be an intensely exciting time as well as an intensely frustrating one. We seem to stagnate in our dreams as week after week, chapter after chapter, conference after conference, time seems to pass us by. We watch others catapult to superstar status at writing conferences where the published authors gather to talk industry and the pre-pubbed gather to dream. The one thing all of them have in common is there are potential opportunities swirling around them at every moment. The thing that distinguishes many people is recognition of those opportunities. “But wait, Tiff!! I’m working hard!” I know you are. Don’t worry. I’m not criticizing. I’m coaching. I’m speaking from […]
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