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The first writers conference I ever attended was offered by the International Woman Writers Guild. It was both magical and instrumental to my publishing success.<\/p>\nThe first writers conference I ever attended was offered by the International Woman Writers Guild. It was both magical and instrumental to my publishing success.<\/p>\n
There, I met agent Rita Rosenkranz<\/a> who offered me advice that ultimately got my first book (The Ultimate Guide to Transforming Anger<\/em>) published. It also taught me the value of being part of a community of writers.<\/p>\n Since then I treasure any time at writers conferences–teaching or participating. I’m especially looking forward to my first experience of the famed San Francisco Writers Conference<\/strong><\/a> which starts February 13. Many colleagues have shared what an outstanding writers conference this is and how they look forward to it year after year.<\/p>\n Consider joining me for the pre-conference workshop<\/a> WRITING IN THE ZONE: 5 Steps to Inspired Flow. <\/strong>I often hear from people years after they’ve taken this workshop that Writing in the Zone<\/em> transformed their writing practice–or took it to a whole new level. Plus, it will give us an opportunity to work together at the conference–so sign up (or find out more) here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Writing in the Zone will teach you to:<\/p>\n While you can attend the pre-conference workshop on its own, I encourage you to attend the entire conference for the breadth of workshops, sense of community, opportunities to network and more.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll find writing workshops to help you fall in love with writing all over again:<\/b><\/p>\n Sessions to help you publish, including:<\/b><\/p>\n Sessions to help you grow your platform, reach readers and sell books:<\/b><\/p>\n And sessions to open your eyes to new opportunities:<\/b><\/p>\n And this is just a small fraction of the huge list of offerings (I focused mostly on nonfiction but you’ll find writing workshops and publishing panels on poetry, fiction and children’s books on the website).<\/p>\n Of course, some of the most valuable\u2014and fun\u2014opportunities include networking dinners and events, opportunities to meet and pitch editors and agents<\/strong>, Speed Dating With Agents: A Pitch-and-Learn Session and more.<\/p>\n And in the publishing panels, you will have an opportunity to meet nonfiction editors<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Chuck Adams, Algonquin Books; Charlotte Ashlock, Berrett Koehler; Brenda Copeland, St. Martin\u2019s Press; David Ebershoff, Random House; Jan Johnson, Red Wheel\/Weiser\/Conari; Brian Klems, Writer\u2019s Digest; Brenda Knight, Viva Editions; Caitlin O\u2019Shaughnessy, Viking; Lauren Spiegel, Touchstone\/Simon & Schuster; Laura Tisdel, Little Brown; Terry Whalin, Morgan James. Moderator: Michael Larsen<\/p>\n And meet these nonfiction literary agents<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Peter Beren, Regina Brooks, Sorche Fairbank, Jody Rein, Katharine Sands, Stefanie von Borstel, Ted Weinstein, Gordon Warnock. Moderator: Michael Larsen <\/b><\/p>\n I hope to see you in San Francisco!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first writers conference I ever attended was offered by the International Woman Writers Guild. It was both magical and instrumental to my publishing success. There, I met agent Rita Rosenkranz who offered me advice that ultimately got my first book (The Ultimate Guide to Transforming Anger) published. 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\nBring your pitch and a panel of pros will give you feedback on it: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 with Terry Whalin, Nina Amir, others tba. Moderator: Michael Larsen<\/li>\n
\nModerator: David Colin Carr<\/li>\n
\nwith Brian Klems, Rayhane Sanders; Terry Whalin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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THE SIX-FIGURE AUTHOR:21 Principles for Making Money Writing, Teaching, Editing, and Doing What You Love with Lisa Tener<\/div>\n<\/li>\n