Sentences with phrase «novel at a writers conference»

Not exact matches

As writer Denise Barnes recently remarked to me at the Romantic Novelists Association annual conference, where I was a guest speaker, there's not that big a leap from writing themed collections of short stories to producing a novel.

I'm already gearing up mentally for this September, when I'll be teaching a major track (on that pesky Snowflake Method of writing a novel) at the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) conference.

Stephanie was selected to be a 2017 SXSW Interactive Mentor / Presenter and has spoken on book marketing at agents & editors conferences held by Historical Novel Society, Women Writing the West, Oklahoma Writers Federation and the Writers» League of Texas.

Peggy Eddleman, author of the middle grade novel SKY JUMPERS, explains how to pitch a literary agent at a writers conference.

At a writers conference I recently attended, Jane Friedman said 80,000 words is good for most fiction, below 60,000 isn't novel territory, and about 120,000 is likely too much.

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 Affair.

At this year's Willamette Writers Conference, agents and editors kept prodding writers to describe their novels in two to three senWriters Conference, agents and editors kept prodding writers to describe their novels in two to three senwriters to describe their novels in two to three sentences.

One of my most fun interviews at last month's Romance Writers of America conference was with Sophie Jordan, author of historical romance and paranormal YA novels (the latter under the name Sharie Kohler).

For more details about short story contests, conferences, magazines and journals, take a look at the annual Writers Digest Novel & Short Story Writer's Market and the online directory Duotrope Digest.

After my second year at the San Francisco Writers Conference, I have lots of ideas and insights for where to take both of my novels, how to revise my pitch, and which agents to query next.

(I'll be teaching much of the material in this book at the Writers Digest Novel Writing Conference in Los Angeles August 15, in an in - depth boot camp.

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.

In fact, I'll be presenting a workshop called «Revise for Success,» a step - by - step approach to revising your novel, at Steven James» writers conference, Troubleshooting Your Novel, in Nashville on Januarnovel, at Steven James» writers conference, Troubleshooting Your Novel, in Nashville on JanuarNovel, in Nashville on January 17.

We're proud to have offered workshops, clinics and keynotes at these outstanding conferences and festivals: Writers Digest Conference Tucson Festival of Books IBPA Publishing University Deckle Edge Festival SC Book Festival Tallahassee Writers Conference Historical Writers of America (HWA) Publish15 Atlanta Historical Novel Society Conference Words & Music New Orleans SC Writers Workshop Chanticleer Authors Conference PubSense: Emerging Authors, Emerging Avenues Florida Writers Conference Atlanta Writers Conference Chicago Lawyers for Creative Arts Pat Conroy Literary Festival Book Expo America Indie Author Stage Killer Nashville

My short stories for adults, The Chrysalis and For What It's Worth, have both been published, and her first novel, Winter's Bite, won first prize in the 12 + fiction category at the Winchester Writers Conference, UK in June 2012.

A few summers ago at a writers» conference, I met an agent who showed interest in my debut novel, Sapphire Secrets, and asked me to send the entire manuscript.

Well, nine years later and after having contracted eight of my novels with mainstream publishers by attending writers» conferences and pitching there, I can also say that nearly all my writer friends who have gotten contracts or signed with an agent did so through pitching at a writers» conference.