I've been swamped by life the last few days it seems, thus my lack of posts about the writers conference. I did have an amazing time, even if it was a bit different than I was expecting. There are a LOT of things I could post about it all so I thought I would try and do a few different posts. First I wanted to start with who was at the conference and who I met.
Conference Speakers and Panel
I'm not going to list everyone because there were a lot of people there but here are some of the ones that I really enjoyed listening to:
Sarah Davies - Greenhouse Agency. I loved listening to Sarah. She gave such straight-forward advice and her class was amazing. I will be writing a lot more about it in a later post. I kept trying to find a opportunity to talk to her in person but she was a bit flooded.
Holly Black - You know who she is... Holly was the last keynote speaker of the conference and talked a lot about plot and figuring out what it really is. She made some awesome points that I know will help me to improve my own writing. And I just have to say she is HILARIOUS! Yesss...? haha (sorry, you had to be there I guess)
Tim Travaglini - Freelance Editor. Tim has worked for so many different publishers as an editor and is now a freelance editor. He was sooo funny and honestly I loved the whole persona he had with his bow ties and crazy hair! And he had some great input in the first pages class I went to.
Deborah Wiles - Author of COUNTDOWN. She was the first keynote speaker of the conference and she was so inspirational. She talked about writing from what you know and also writing from 3 key places: Your Brain, Your Heart, and Your Gut. Very good advice.
Dan Santat - Illustrator and author of SIDEKICKS. All I have to say about Dan is WOW. He was seriously amazing and when he got choked up at the end of sharing his story I realized there were tears in my own eyes. Do what you have to get to your own Point B. Thank you Dan.
Other Amazing People From the Conference:
Megan Bostic - Author of NEVER EIGHTEEN. I actually chatted with Megan for just a bit via Facebook right before the conference and was happy going knowing that I would at least somewhat know one person. I had a blast meeting up with her and talking about books and life.
Mike Cressy - Illustrator. I happened to bump into Mike just before the dance (yeah... they had a dance at the writers conference...) and ended up chatting with him for probably 45 minutes. While Mike is an illustrator he actually self-published much the same way I did. He was the first and only other self-published author I met at the conference.
I met a lot of other awesome people but well, this post is getting long enough and I have probably lost your interest by now but it really was awesome!
Conference Speakers and Panel
I'm not going to list everyone because there were a lot of people there but here are some of the ones that I really enjoyed listening to:
Sarah Davies - Greenhouse Agency. I loved listening to Sarah. She gave such straight-forward advice and her class was amazing. I will be writing a lot more about it in a later post. I kept trying to find a opportunity to talk to her in person but she was a bit flooded.
Holly Black - You know who she is... Holly was the last keynote speaker of the conference and talked a lot about plot and figuring out what it really is. She made some awesome points that I know will help me to improve my own writing. And I just have to say she is HILARIOUS! Yesss...? haha (sorry, you had to be there I guess)
Tim Travaglini - Freelance Editor. Tim has worked for so many different publishers as an editor and is now a freelance editor. He was sooo funny and honestly I loved the whole persona he had with his bow ties and crazy hair! And he had some great input in the first pages class I went to.
Deborah Wiles - Author of COUNTDOWN. She was the first keynote speaker of the conference and she was so inspirational. She talked about writing from what you know and also writing from 3 key places: Your Brain, Your Heart, and Your Gut. Very good advice.
Dan Santat - Illustrator and author of SIDEKICKS. All I have to say about Dan is WOW. He was seriously amazing and when he got choked up at the end of sharing his story I realized there were tears in my own eyes. Do what you have to get to your own Point B. Thank you Dan.
Other Amazing People From the Conference:
Megan Bostic - Author of NEVER EIGHTEEN. I actually chatted with Megan for just a bit via Facebook right before the conference and was happy going knowing that I would at least somewhat know one person. I had a blast meeting up with her and talking about books and life.
Mike Cressy - Illustrator. I happened to bump into Mike just before the dance (yeah... they had a dance at the writers conference...) and ended up chatting with him for probably 45 minutes. While Mike is an illustrator he actually self-published much the same way I did. He was the first and only other self-published author I met at the conference.
I met a lot of other awesome people but well, this post is getting long enough and I have probably lost your interest by now but it really was awesome!
2 comments:
Sounds like you had a great time! The speakers sound like they gave really good workshops/lessons. :-)
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