So you’re going to a conference, or just left one, and wonder how you can make the best of your time, or are wondering if you just got the most out of your time. I have been involved with the DFW Writers’ Conference for over 3 years now and have some insight for you, not… [Read more…]
May 21, 2012
“You’re gonna cry.” That’s what one of my friends who runs conferences told me. She said I would cry after the conference was over. As in, such a relief of the build up and the tension and the COMPLETION all rolled into one. You hold it together for over a year, and then…then, there’s nothing… [Read more…]
June 23, 2011
Okay, we’ve all seen the “what to do at a writers’ conference” written by literary agents for writers. We need to turn this around and list what the agent should and shouldn’t do at a conference. Since I am the Director of this year’s Dallas Fort Worth Writers’ Conference, (and a writer) I decided to… [Read more…]
January 27, 2011
Hey peeps, Back! Sorry for my absence. Working for a living and working on DFWCon has kept me hopping for the past few weeks. Most folks who go to writers’ conferences have no idea that most of the people who help put it on are volunteers, and that most of them work a lot of… [Read more…]
April 27, 2010
Hey all, long time no type. Sorry, I’ve been busy as a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. I was talking to a writer friend today who got asked for a full from an agent at a conference. I don’t know if you know this, but there are really only five things that can happen… [Read more…]
April 14, 2010
We didn’t know what we were doing. It all started (well technically it started months and months and months ago) Friday afternoon. I got the call from Michelle asking me to meet her up at the place. She wanted to go over some last minute details about how we were going to handle around 250,… [Read more…]
March 16, 2010
I have gone back into to do some editing on my “New Adult” story. It’s a complete departure from anything I’ve ever done in the past and it shows—to me at least. While the idea of the story was simply kick ass, and my writing its usual “stumbling-upon-good”, I can’t help shake the feeling there… [Read more…]
February 17, 2010
My pal Jeff Posey and I were talking about writing conferences the other day and we came across a very startling discovery while tossing ideas around. Let’s set the stage a little. You’re an agent. You’re not like a super famous agent that everyone knows, but most writers out there want you to look at… [Read more…]
June 29, 2009
I just attended my second ever writing conference. I went to one a month or two ago, and this one. There’s a serious problem prevalent in writers who attend these conferences. And I think I know what it is. But let me tell you a little about me first. I initially wanted to go to… [Read more…]
May 26, 2009
Dear Mr. Whitfield, It has come to the collective attention that you are spam-querying agents pretty much every day. As another writer, trying to get an agent, I applaud your tenacity, but frown upon your methods. By doing this you are not “changing the publishing industry” or “forcing your way in”. You are, in effect,… [Read more…]
May 24, 2012
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