Superstars Writing Seminar – worth attending again
Superstars Writing Seminar will be held February 6–8 in Colorado Springs, CO. It is the premier seminar on the business of writing, period. I attended the first seminar, held in 2010 in Pasadena, CA,...
View ArticleThe Five Pro-Tips of the Fan-Zone
The writing business is not an easy one. It’s long, lonely hours of producing material often followed by piles of rejection letters before we even get our shot. Even then, there is nothing guaranteed....
View ArticleThe Right Thing
I’ve written before on this blog about my experience attending conventions and seminars, but today I want to revisit that subject and take a different perspective. My previous posts have been about...
View ArticleForming the Fictorians
When I went to the first Superstars Writing Seminar in Pasadena back in March of 2010, I thought I was going to get some sound business advice from successful writers – and I did. In spades. I had many...
View ArticleModerating the Fear & Loathing Panel
A guest post by Guy Anthony De Marco. I’ve always enjoyed going to conventions. After getting back into writing professionally following a 20-year hiatus, I decided to see if I could get on a couple of...
View ArticleConvention Panels for Newbies
Most professional authors have attended conventions as a fan before they were bitten by their muse. Some attend to sell books, sit on panels, and even do a reading or two. I’ve been asked numerous...
View ArticleExpanding Your Convention Horizons
When I re-started my writing career after a long hiatus, I had to figure out how to get back into the convention circuit. My base of operations shifted from upstate New York to the Denver area, so I...
View ArticleVolunteering at an Author’s Booth
Going to your first convention can be nerve-wracking, especially if you aren’t sure what to expect. When I went to my first convention in Arizona, I wondered if I was supposed to cosplay in order to...
View ArticleThe Late One – World Fantasy Convention
For most, convention season is winding down. While you can find cons at any time of year really, the bulk of the major cons take place during the summer months. But one major con is different, choosing...
View ArticleGen Con: A Major Intersection of Interests
Guest Post by Josh Vogt I have long loved conventions for a variety of reasons, everything from meeting authors and artists I admire to gaining new career connections to developing my writing craft to...
View ArticleThe Wonder of Cons
Guest Post by Eva Eldridge I attended my first convention, TusCon 39, a mere three years ago. It was a small convention held in Tucson and I had no idea what it was about. Some friends encouraged me to...
View ArticleGetting Your Book on the Table at a Big Con
Fan Expo Dallas – (Dallas Comicon) – May 29 – 31 Flying down to Dallas for the Comic con felt like a bit of a gamble, at first. I was investing hundreds of dollars in flights and hotel, with the...
View ArticleCon-parisons
A Gust A Guest Post by Lissa Woodbury Jensen “Mmmmm, apples are the best fruit on the planet,” my eleven year-old son announced one morning. “No way!” His twin brother gave him an incredulous...
View ArticleDragonCon – A Mardis Gras for Geeks
Guest Post by Wayland Smith DragonCon was roughly a week ago, and I’m still elatedly exhausted. It is a truly amazing experience on many levels. DragonCon offers a lot of unique opportunities for...
View ArticleMileHiCon: A Denver Gem
A Guest Post by Kevin Ikenberry After I seriously took up writing, the very first con I attended was MileHiCon in 2012. I’d moved to Colorado a couple of years before and while I’d attended the local...
View ArticleThe Savviest Thing I Could Have Done
I’ve been negligent. I like to blame it on the fact that I’m a recluse at heart. But that’s not an excuse—or at least, not a very good one. In the writing game, we authors are frequently called upon to...
View ArticleLTUE – Life, the Universe, and Everything Symposium
A Guest Post by Gama Martinez There are writer conventions and conferences all over the country. Most are small with one or two big guests. Others are large with many more guests, but these often have...
View ArticleTampa Bay Comic Con – If We Build It, They Will Come
Ahhh, Tampa in August. Where lightning-quick geckos scurry across the sun-baked pavement and the heat makes you wilt, there you will find this sparkling gem of a comic convention. Does it have media...
View ArticleSix Great Take-aways from When Words Collide (2015)
A con is only as good as what you take away from it. When Words Collide 2015 had a fantastic line up of guests and panels to serve it’s 600 attendees. The 2015 guests included Diana Gabaldon...
View ArticleNathan Dodge: Reflections of an “Old Newbie”
Reflections of an “Old Newbie” Nathan Dodge I’ve wanted to be a fiction writer—mainly science fiction—since I was twelve years old. Problem is, life always seemed to intervene. I grew up, well, not...
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