Sentences with phrase «first writers conference»

It was the first writers conference I attended that offered any kind of in - depth information (geared toward authors) about the international and translation market.

It is the first writers conference I've attended where no one handed out promo materials, dropped their bookmarks on a promo table, or talked much about their work.

I went to my first writers conference a few months ago, and I met so many wonderful people, many of whom are writers and all of whom are readers.

I snagged my agent in a practice pitch session at the first writers conference I attended, Crime Bake in Boston, 2010.

A little over a year and a half ago I attended my first writers conference.

In 2004 at my first writers conference, Jack Cavanaugh gave a very solid overview of the novel writing process — I still have my hand written notes in my files.

I'd certainly like to understand how to use different scene types other than what we learned at our first writers conference.

Judith chaired the first Writers Conference for the National Speakers Association and started its Writing and Publishing PEG with over 700 members.

I came up with in in like 20 minutes right before my first writers conference.

«This was my first writers conference and I didn't know what to expect but the whole event was just lovely!

Not exact matches

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

I had the good fortune of meeting Debbie Koenig for the first time at a Food Writer's Conference two years ago.

In this episode, the first of a two - part interview with anthropologist Carel Van Schaik about the role of culture in boosting intelligence in animals; historian and writer William Lanouette discusses an upcoming History Channel program about the roles of Einstein and Leo Szilard in the beginning of the nuclear age; and Scientific American editor - in - chief John Rennie reports on a recent sustainable development conference.

Among its many adventures, the IROC delivered me on my first solo interstate road trip, becoming the lone F - body to wheel into the lot at the New England Young Writers» Conference.

When I attended my first writers» conference back in the late 1980s, I had no idea the journey God had for me.

Two years ago, I attended my first Florida Writers Conference, 2015.

I did my first critique groups at a writers» conference, and then did a little bit outside.

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When I went to my first (and only, so far) writer's conference at the end of September, I met fellow writers who asked me with genuine curiosity why I even bothered with the traditional route.

In 1998, I went to my first Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference and was totally blown away by all the authors, agents, publishers, and divine appointments.

-- Last year I had the honor of teaching for the first time at Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference.

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This was my first writer's conference and I enjoyed it immensely.

The first 200 people to register for the 2018 Nonfiction Writers Conference will receive a complimentary Kindle copy of Gretchen's newest book: The Four Tendencies.

«The Atlanta Writer's Club Conference was my first conference, and the manuscript I took along to pitch to the guest editors and agents, was my first novel — a mystery that I finished just three monthConference was my first conference, and the manuscript I took along to pitch to the guest editors and agents, was my first novel — a mystery that I finished just three monthconference, and the manuscript I took along to pitch to the guest editors and agents, was my first novel — a mystery that I finished just three months earlier.

Last year I had the honor of teaching for the first time at Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference.

* That's the way Stephanie Chandler achieved a smashing success with her first Nonfiction Writers Conference last week.

Dan spoke at countless writers» conferences over the years, and was our very first opening keynote speaker when the Nonfiction Writers Conference launched iwriters» conferences over the years, and was our very first opening keynote speaker when the Nonfiction Writers Conference launched iWriters Conference launched in 2010.

And we are using this feature to give away bonus books to the first 50 who register for the Nonfiction Writers Conference!

Back in 2005, I had written my first book manuscript for a business startup guide, and I attended a writer's conference where I had the opportunity to pitch agents.

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SoCal Christian Writer's Conference: Check out the first annual SoCal Christian Writers Conference at Biola University, La Mirada, June 21 - 23, 2018.

And what a blessing to have become the director of a writers conference where you first began.

WOMEN ON WRITING, and THAT FIRST LINE writing contests, among others, and is a frequent guest lecturer on publishing and the art of writing at universities and writers conferences throughout the country, which have included New York University's Summer Publishing Institute, the Penticton, Canada Writers Conference, the San Diego State University Writers Conference, Backspace, the International Women's Writing Guild, and the Learningwriters conferences throughout the country, which have included New York University's Summer Publishing Institute, the Penticton, Canada Writers Conference, the San Diego State University Writers Conference, Backspace, the International Women's Writing Guild, and the LearningWriters Conference, the San Diego State University Writers Conference, Backspace, the International Women's Writing Guild, and the LearningWriters Conference, Backspace, the International Women's Writing Guild, and the Learning Annex.

The Marin Branch is hosting Marin Writers Conference 2018 on April 22, featuring a keynote by Michael Larsen, a first - page editing workshop by editor Mary Rakow, a self - publishing panel with David Kudler and Ruth Schwartz from Bay Area Independent Publishers...

One first - prize winner will receive $ 500 and a ticket to the annual James River Writers Conference.

Having done three years of courses, workshops and conferences, including Cornerstones, Writers» Workshop, Watermill Posara, Arvon and Julie Cohen, she reached the final of the top ten «Best 100 First Words» competition at York Festival 2011 for her first full length novel, Hawaiian AfFirst Words» competition at York Festival 2011 for her first full length novel, Hawaiian Affirst full length novel, Hawaiian Affair.

When I first started out doing writers conferences many moons ago, I knew that I wasn't the only editor wanting to do seminars, so I took the tact of perfecting my pitch.

I'll be going to my first writers» conference in Sept. here in Denver.

SCBWI will hold its first Marketing for Professional Writers intensive on Friday, January 27, 2012 which, along with a Marketing for Illustrators intensive that day, kicks off a jam - packed conference weekend.

Spring Fling 2012 was the first romance writers conference I ever attended, and I was impressed by the quality and diversity of the programs and speakers.

The first two days play host to CraftFest, a time for writers to learn from the greats on topics pertaining to suspense writing, as well as AgentFest, in which over sixty agents and editors attended to take pitches from aspiring authors, a rare head count of talent for writing conferences.

«We are thrilled to be the first major publisher to partner with Autography, and are especially excited to kick off our relationship by delivering this innovative and personalized experience to our authors» devoted fans at the Romance Writers of America Conference,» said Angela Tribelli, Chief Marketing Officer, HarperCollins Publishers.

Called «the conference with heart» by Publisher's Weekly, UTOPiAcon, the trailblazing convention for fiction writers and readers, grew ten times in size in its first four years.

This is a danger of taking a first time project to a writers conference and pitching it before it is ready.

For the first time ever, Writer's Digest Conference brings its real - world publishing knowledge, writing inspiration and networking opportunities to a West Coast audience in 2012.

She teaches writing for the University of New Mexico's Taos Summer Writer's Conference and in 2009 directed the first annual NEA / Taos Big Read.

Publish15 — June 13 and 14: This event, billed as Atlanta's first annual publishing convention, joins the ranks of a growing number of writers» conferences and publishing events that have sprung up in the southeastern United States, an area that has been so - far somewhat disconnected in terms of high - profile book events.

I joined my local Romance Writers of America chapter, and at my first writing conference, I learned about erotic romance.

My first experience at a writer's conference was humbling, to say the least.