Dude, the schedule for WriteOnCon 2012 is shaping up to be longer, better, and LIVER than ever! That’s right, we have live events scheduled throughout each day of the conference—just like last year!
I hope you’ve bought yourself a nice new pair of pjs. And that you’re ready to wear them non-stop on Tuesday, August 14 and Wednesday, August 15. If you have a day job — or no pj’s — don’t worry! You can access ALL of our live events after the conference. Transcripts last forever, and might just be better than diamonds…
Too far? Fine. Onto the live event details!
Today, you’ll get the details for how the live events (NOT Forum Events–more coming on those soon!) will work.
1. About 30 minutes before a scheduled live event, a window will be posted in a blog post on the main WriteOnCon site.
2. You can log in, but it’s not required to participate or ask a question.
3. Each of the live chats has an assigned topic, and one of the WriteOnCon girls will be moderating.
4. Questions can be submitted any time once the live chat window opens.
5. Questions need to be asked ONLY ONCE. You won’t see your comment come through, but on our end, the comments are visible and we have behind-the-scenes WOC girls putting them on hold. (This is called the WriteOnCon Underbelly. It is a fascinating place.)
6. The moderator of the chat will put through as many questions as possible for the WriteOnCon faculty member(s) to answer. We really try to put forth the questions as fast as possible, from as many of you as possible.
7. Pitching/Querying is not appropriate for live chats.
8. If you cannot attend one of the live events, a transcript will be available afterward, in the same blog post as the live window.
That’s it! If you have questions about how the live events will work, leave them for us here.
LIVE EVENTS Schedule:
Tuesday, August 14:
- 2:00 PM: Author Denise Jaden and literary agent Michelle Humphrey discuss the author/agent relationship
- 4:00 PM: Live chat with editor Liesa Abrams and literary agent Jen Rofe
- 9:00 PM: Live Panel of Professionals — literary agents Mollie Glick, Cheryl Pientka, and Emily Keyes, and editor Sarah Barley
Wednesday, August 15
- 2:00 PM: Author Megan Miranda and literary agent Sarah Davies
- 9:00 PM: Live Panel of Professionals — literary agents Katie Grimm and Sarah LaPolla, and editors Sara Sargent and Alison Weiss
It’s gonna rock your world. Meanwhile keeping watching the blog as we continue to detail our live FORUM events, which is where you’ll be able to pitch, get feedback, and share a virtual drink with everyone attending the conference!
Things you might have missed:
- How to Register for WriteOnCon – details here.
Sounds awesome. My mom, uncle and aunt are going to be visiting them, but I’m going to try to sneak in when I can.
So excited! And 2pm EST means it´s 8pm my time. Have to tell the hubby I might make myself very scarce on those days!
So looking forward to this!
Sigh. I’ll be camping. So i’m crossing my fingers some of the forum events will work better for me.
Can’t wait! I’m already planning ways to lock myself in my office and put Daddy on kid-duty.
So this is EST?
Kira – Yes, all times are EST.
Last year, I did not get to take advantage of all the wonder and magic that is WriteOn Con. However, this year, I’ve taken off work and prepping to get a special set of PJ’s to layabout in so I am here at my computer for all fantastic-ness. Bring it on! Woot!
You might want to put LIVE’er or LIVELIER rather than LIVER–unless you got onions to go with that
Did anyone else read it wrong the first time?
LOL