Wow, we are honored and excited so many of you have stuck with us through this three-day conference. We sincerely hope that many, many of you have found success in the forums. Or read something in a blog that resonated with you. Or watched a vlog that made you cry. Or heard something in a panel chat that you can take and incorporate into your writing, into your authorly career.
We are thrilled you chose to spend your time with us.
Reminders:
1. Support our authors by buying their books.
2. Show your love to WriteOnCon by donating.
3. Enter all the giveaways! (Links at bottom.)
Here’s what happened today:
Thursday, August 18, 2011
6:00 AM: Ask A Bookbuyer by bookbuyers Faith Hochhalter and Brandi Stewart
7:00 AM: Visual Storytelling by illustrator Eric Wright
7:30 AM: How/When I Know A Manuscript Is Right For Me by editor Annette Pollert
8:00 AM: 10 Traits of an Author by author Amy Dominy
8:30 AM: Moments That Matter by author Matt Myklusch
9:00 AM: Writing A Great Query by literary agent Jim McCarthy
9:30 AM: Respect by author Kiersten White
10:00 AM: Live 250-word Pitch Event with literary agent Alyssa Eisner Henkin
11:00 AM: Successful Marketing/Promo/School Visits by author Jon S. Lewis
11:30 AM: Pacing by author Tara Hudson
12:00 PM: Live chat with literary agents Marietta Zacker, Joan Paquette, and Michael Bourret
1:00 PM: Revision by author Carrie Ryan
2:00 PM: An Editor’s Perspective on What Authors Should and Should Not Talk About Online by editor Liesa Abrams
3:00 PM: Traditional vs. Self-Publishing Live Chat with literary agent Sara Megibow
4:00 PM: Dialogue by literary agent Tina Wexler (blog)
5:00 PM: Live YA Query Letter Event with literary agent Roseanne Wells
5:30 PM: Class of 2K12 Vlog
6:00 PM: Answers to Questions by literary agent Steven Malk
6:30 PM: The Reading Room TOP 5
9:00 PM: Panel of Professionals (Natalie Fischer, Anica Rissi, Kathleen Ortiz)
10:30 PM: AB Lit Chat (Jen Rofe, Kelly Sonnack, Jennifer Laughran, Caryn Wiseman)
Be sure to enter today’s giveaways! These prizes require only a comment; no monetary donation required.
- Author Amy Fellner Dominy is giving away a signed copy of her novel, OyMG!
- Author Matt Myklusch is giving away a signed copy of The Secret War
- Author Tara Hudson (HEREAFTER) is offering a first chapter critique!
- Literary agent Tina Wexler is giving away either a query critique OR a 15-minute phone call AND a prize pack of books!
- The Class of 2K12 is giving away a swag pack!
- Literary agent Natalie Fischer is giving away a 10-page critique!
- Literary agent Alyssa Eisner-Henkin is giving away TWO 10-page critiques. One for MG and one for YA!
Other giveaways can be found in the Wednesday Night Recap and the Tuesday Night Recap.
Again, THANK YOU! WriteOnCon wouldn’t exist without the attendees.
Thank you to everyone who helped organize WriteOnCon! These three days have done SO much for me!!
This has been aweson, writeonconners!
Now go get some sleep.
I’m so tired I can’t even spill, I mean spiel–aaaargh, you know what I mean.
This has been so amazing to attend, well attend online. Thank you all so much for putting together such a cool event for writers. It was so helpful to me and so amazing to hear from experts!
Um, it’s been priceless! Thank you SO MUCH for all your work and positivity toward the writing community. I have learned a TON, and have bookmarked several articles so I don’t forget all the stellar advice. Cheers!
Excellent conference — again! Thank you so much.
Fantastic conference! Life changing, career changing, hopefully world changing. You ladies are amazing. I feel like I want to buy you all dinner, fo’ realz.
Brilliant conference – you did it again, ladies! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
Thanks for putting together this unique conference two years in a row. I appreciate the wonderful opportunities. I’ve learned a lot and my TBR pile is that much bigger!
THANKS WRITEONCON! You all ROCK. You Kick ass. You do what so many others wish they could. YOU ARE SUPER STARS
You did it again, ladies!! Thank you for another amazing conference!!
Thank you all, this was a super fun conference. I learned a lot and enjoyed doing it. Looking forward to next year.
Thanks so much for the awesome conference. I so appreciate all your hard work. Hope you get some rest.
Another amazing WriteOnCon. You girls are wonderful! And thank you to all the authors, agents, and editors who shared their wisdom!
THANKS SO MUCH WRITEONCON! I really appreciate y’all.
This was so so chock full of awesomely helpful info!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to all the people who made this possible. Man, I wish there had been something like this 5 years ago when I first decided I was going to write a novel. lol
Seriously, WriteOnCon rocks the house and then some!
Thank you so much for organizing this. I learned a lot, bought some new books, and got some helpful feedback on my story. I know this was a lot of work for you guys, and I really appreciate it!
Just wanted to add a note of thanks to the organizers – which superlatives should I use?? WriteOnCon is AWESOME on so many levels! Please know that your efforts are enormously appreciated! I hope you’ll do this again next year!! Many thanks again.
Thanks again for all your hard work. This has been another amazing year of WriteOnCon!
thank you so much to the amazing organizers and faculty! So awesome!!! I had a fabulous time and learned a lot.
Thanks so much to the organizers! I am inspired to write more, write better and work harder for The Dream.
See you next year!
This has been SO awesome! You’ve all done an amazing job — thank you so much!
Thank you so much!
I can’t believe what an enlightening and inspiring event this has been, and there is still SO much to read through, etc., as time allows!
I had no idea what this was going to be like and it surpassed my wildest dreams
THANKS to everyone involved!
Can we do this again next year? What a great conference! I took an “in-person” writing class this year and decided to do more with it. I don’t remember if I found this website via Google, another website, or the writing magazines that the instructor gave out in the class. Anyway, when I read about the conference, I was very excited! It was a very intense 3 days! I even read or watched most of the sessions from last year. I took notes and printed out the articles and have them all in a binder so that I can refer to them as I write. Since I am working on a children’s book, I really got alot out of this conference. Today, however, I left the house for several hours. I just had to get away! LOL Thanks to all the organizers for putting on this conference and to the instructors for sharing their time and talents.
Love you guys for this! Thanks so much!
Thanks so much for WriteOnCon… it’s such a great experience. You’ve truly created something special here.
Best Wishes,
Joseph
I did the WriteOnCon last year and was a lurker. This year I jumped in with both feet. Subbed work for critique and got some great feedback. II participated, and learned a TON! I love the articles and bookmarked my faves.
THANK YOU to the authors, agents, publishers who contributed and offered swag. THANK you to all the volunteers, ninjas, and all you folks who worked tirelessly to put this shindig together. My donation is in the cyber mail!
All I have to say is hyena. And cockapoo (or was it kangaroo.) .
It was so awesome! Thank u so much for all your efforts.
After catching part of the conference in August, I just finished going through the archives from
both WriteOnCon events. Thanks so much to all involved–it was tremendously helpful!