Okay, so we’re closing up the conference! What an amazing two days it’s been. Hopefully, you’ve had a chance to meet new critique partners. Get your query critiqued, or your first 250 words, or your first 5 pages. Hopefully, you’ve read or heard or found one gem among all the vlogs, blogs, live events, and Q&A’s.
In case you missed anything, here’s how today went. Prizes at the bottom!
Wednesday, August 15:
6:00 AM: Plotting with 3×5 cards by author Kimberley Griffiths Little
7:00 AM: Knowing When Your MS is Ready to Query by literary agent Lara Perkins
8:00 AM: Authors Lenore Appelhans and Phoebe North discuss Reading like a Book Blogger
9:00 AM: Being Orphaned by author Joy Preble
9:30 AM: Building Characters into Real People by author Frank Cole
11:00 AM: Blogging Basics by literary agent Pam van Hylckama Vlieg
–11:15 AM LIVE FORUM EVENT: Q&A about social media/blogging
12:00 PM: He Said, She Said, Creating sexual tension through dialog by author Jessica Martinez
12:30 PM: The Process of Plotting by editor Rhoda Belleza of Paper Lantern Lit and Lexa Hillyer
1:00 PM: Building Better Sentences workshop with author Gennifer Albin
2:00 PM: Live event with literary agent Sarah Davies and author Megan Miranda
3:00 PM: Differences between YA and MG (for the Writer Who Does Both) by Claire Legrand
3:30 PM: The Inside Scoop: Get Your Query Noticed by editor Leah Hultenschmidt
4:00 PM: Stacy Abrams, Heather Howland, and Alycia Tornetta of Entangled Publishing answer questions and take twitter-style pitches - FORUM EVENT
5:00 PM: The Lucky 13s “Back to Basic” Writing Tips by various PB, MG, and YA authors debuting in 2013
9:00 PM: Live Panel of Professionals — literary agents Katie Grimm and Sarah LaPolla, and editors Sara Sargent and Alison Weiss
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!
- ARC of THE LOST GIRL (donated by Sara Sargent)
- Signed copy of FRACTURE by Megan Miranda
- FALSE MEMORY by Dan Krokos (donated by Suzie Townsend)
- ALL THESE LIVES by Sarah Wylie (donated by Suzie Townsend)
- ARC of THE SINISTER SWEETNESS OF SPLENDID ACADEMY (donated by Suzie Townsend)
- ARC of VALKYRIE RISING by Ingrid Paulsen (donated by Suzie Townsend)
- ARC of NOBODY BUT US by Kristin Halbrook (donated by Suzie Townsend)
- Query critique by literary agent Suzie Townsend
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.
And that’s it! Winners will be announced later this week, and you never know, we usually have plenty of material to make a closing video for you…
THANK YOU to everyone who helped make this year’s WriteOnCon the best ever!
Thank you so much for the amazing conference!
Ack! I’m still behind on yesterday’s awesomeness, but that’s the great thing about the internet. It will all still be there until I can get to it.
Thanks for another awesome conference!
Again, you’ve all put on a lovely conference. Thank you.
Amazing conference. I am so happy to have participated. I feel fueled and inspired and, also, more knowledgeable. Thanks to everyone!
Great conference, as always!!!! So much good information! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thank you so much to all the wonderful organizers and participants. This was a very inspiring and educational few days! I can’t can’t till next year.
What a blast! Thank you so much for this incredible opportunity. I learned a ton, and met some other great writers along the way. Thank you!
This was a great experience. I’m totally in for next year!
The con went well, and there was much to learn. My favorite was the presentation by Denise Jaden, and Michelle Humphrey.
I learned a lot this year. I haven’t queried many agents, yet, but I now know one I am definitely going to query. Thanks for all the learning opportunities.
Still trying to get through all the awesomeness. thanks to the organizers!!
Thanks so much for everything you guys did! This was awesome!!!
Wow, this has been a whirlwind of a week. Thank you so much for putting this amazing conference together. I’m still trying to get caught up on all the posts, vlogs, and everything. I don’t want to miss out on any of the great information shared. Through the forums I really gained an appreciation for what it must be like for editors and agents reading through so many queries. This was an invaluable experience. Thank you, thank you, and thank you.
Such a great conference, as always!!! Thank you to EVERYONE who make this happen every year. It truly amazes me!!! Until next year my friends….happy writing!!!
It was so much fun, I just got out my laptop – and it’s 1:24 pm – a new record. Thanks, guys and gals!
Thanks so much! Unspeakable gratitude!!
Donated! Because you ladies are truly fabulous.
If I ever get spotted by an editor here and signed to a mega-contract, you can be sure I’ll be donating lots more $$$!
Great conference! Thanks to all who donated their time to make this possible. Now I’ve got the challenge of applying everything I’ve learned…
Thank you for organizing such an amazing conference! This was my first time participating in the forums and it was SO helpful. Can’t wait until next year!
Another great conference. Thanks!
This was an amazing conference! Thank you everyone. I can’t wait to do it again next year.
Thank you for putting this together. I look forward to it every year.
This was an amazing con. Thanks for all your hard work!
Another great conference! Great job!
Thanks so much for all the opportunities at writeoncon!
Can we do this again next week – HA. Y’all need to take a vacation now. Thank you for all the time and effort, WOC. And a standing ovation to the presenters!
I am so glad I discovered Write On Con. I have learned so much! Everything is fabulous and well-organized. Thank you all for participating and sharing your experience and wisdom!
Thank you!!
Thanks for another amazing conference!
Thanks for all the hard work.. We really appreciate it. And thanks for all the prizes. I’d love to win.
Awesome WriteOnCon! I attended the first two, and this one seemed to slip through my fingers fastest. But I grabbed an amazing lil’ stockpile of knowledge while I had the chance. And hey, look – all the amazing posts are still up for the benefit of writers everywhere! (That’s because this WriteOnCon *rocks* it.)
Thanks for a great Year 3!