Okay, we made it through the first day of WriteOnCon 2012! Hopefully, this has been a day filled with insight and amazingness. In case you missed anything, everything is linked below. AND we have some doorprizes tonight from some of our faculty members, so be sure to scroll to the bottom!
Tuesday, August 14:
6:00 AM: Welcome Keynote by literary agent Joanna Stampfel-Volpe and the cast and crew at New Leaf Literary
8:00 AM: Choosing the Right Critique Partners by bestselling author Leigh Bardugo
8:30 AM: Picture Book Query Critiques by bestselling author Emma Walton-Hamilton – FORUM EVENT
9:00 AM: Interview with literary agent Daniel Lazar
10:00 AM: Live pitching event with literary agent Peter Knapp – FORUM EVENT
11:00 AM: Revision Toolbox by the YA Muses (Bret, Talia, Katy, Donna, Veronica)
12:00 PM: Corey Rosen-Schwartz and Tiffany Strelitz-Haber discuss picture book writing
–12:15 PM: LIVE FORUM EVENT: Corey and Tiffany critique PB stanzas
12:30 PM: Middle Grade Rules by author Shelley Moore Thomas
1:00 PM: Hooks and Killer First Lines by author Lissa Price
2:00 PM: Author Denise Jaden and literary agent Michelle Humphrey talk about the agent/author relationship. LIVE EVENT
3:00 PM: Tips for Starting a New Project by bestselling author Marissa Meyer
3:30 PM: What is Voice, and How do I Get it? by author Jennifer Nelson
4:00 PM: LIVE EVENT with editor Liesa Abrams and literary agent Jen Rofe
5:00 PM: World-building in Science Fiction and Fantasy by author Mindee Arnett
5:30 PM: The Importance of Craft by editor Molly O’Neill
9:00 PM: Live Panel of Professionals – literary agents Mollie Glick, Cheryl Pientka, and Emily Keyes, and editor Sarah Barley
Whew. So much awesomeness. And that’s not all! We have some great door prizes up for grabs tonight, donated by our lovely facutly members who have contributed to today’s lineup. All you need to do to enter is comment on this post! (Enter through the con. We’ll pick winners and contact by the end of the week.)
- A finished copy of THE HERO’S GUIDE TO SAVING YOUR KINGDOM (donated by Cheryl Pientka)
- ARC of CREWEL by Gennifer Albin (donated by Mollie Glick)
- Finished copy of STARCROSSED (donated by Mollie Glick)
- Finished copy of WHEN YOU WERE MINE (donated by Mollie Glick)
- ARC of CITY OF A THOUSAND DOLLS (donated by Sarah Barley)
- ARC of NOBODY BUT US (donated by Sarah Barley)
- Finished copy of SO CLOSE TO YOU (donated by Sarah Barley)
- Finished copy of TWO OR THREE THINGS I FORGOT TO TELL YOU (donated by Sarah Barley)
- First page critique by editor Sarah Barley
- Query critique by literary agent Emily Perkins
- First 5 pages critique by literary agent Michelle Humphrey
We’d love it if you’d consider donating to WriteOnCon. Donations are not required to enter to win prizes, but everything you see here is done for free. The posts that are written, the prizes donated, the time spent critiquing. All of it. We love doing this conference for free, but servers and bandwidth cost money, so if you feel like you can donate, we’d greatly appreciate it.
Thank you all for your time and effort. You all are so generous. This conference is amazing each year.
Thank you all so, so much for your time and energy into this conference! This is my second time around and I’m so stoked to see everybody again!
Hi. I’m looking for a good site that offers creative writing prompts or creative writing exercises since I heard that anyone who is serious about writing should do creative writing exercises. So does anyone know of a good one?.
Wow! What great presentations and I haven’t even finished all of them, yet! I especially loved the live forum with Jen Rofe and Liesa Abrams. Thank you all so much for making this online conference.
Yesterday was awesome, and now I get to catch up with all I missed today!
Thanks sooooo much, guys! <3
Okay, now I need to play catch-up between yesterday and today.
Very good written story. It will be helpful to anybody who utilizes it, as well as myself. Keep doing what you are doing – looking forward to more posts.
Thanks for the great conference and all the giveaways! I’d love to win any of these prizes.
Door prizes? And all I had to do was show up – I’m in! Thank you WOC organizers. This was my first year at the con and everyone (authors, agents, publishers and forum folks) have all been temendously helpful. See you next year.
Hi! Wanted to say thank you for another successful WriteOnCon. They get better and better each year. Can’t wait to see what’s in store next year! Thank you all for the advice and support. So happy when it starts, so sad to see it go. Cheers!
This event has exceeded my wildest expectations! Thank you SO much to the volunteers who made this happen!
This conference is so amazing. I love being able to get industry insight while sitting on my couch,and most of all, for FREE! Thanks to all of the WriteOnCon team for your hardwork and for providing us with such awesome “sessions” on the first day.
Thank you all who have organized and participated! I’ve learned a ton as always, and the forums were fabulous. The writing community rocks!
I had no idea how much fun the ninja agents were going to add to the whole conference! There was so much forum activity and so many more events than I had imagined when I signed up last week.
Amazing. Thanks so much to everyone who has worked so hard on this conference. It truly is a wealth of information!
The parts of the conference I was able to attend were amazing. Thanks so much for all your hard work and for the great prizes throughout the conference.
Truly, this WriteOnCon offered incredible content. I can’t wait for next year!