{"id":11529,"date":"2014-09-17T20:39:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T01:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisatener.local\/?p=11529"},"modified":"2024-09-30T08:58:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T12:58:56","slug":"october-writers-conferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2014\/09\/october-writers-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"October is the Month for Writers Conferences and Book Festivals!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">I love writers conferences&#8211;both presenting and attending workshops. Perhaps my favorite aspect of writers conferences is the opportunity for new input into one&#8217;s writing:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"> An essayist may show you a new way of seeing something about your writing. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Or a poet may teach you a nifty trick to get your creative juices flowing. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Or you may learn some editing tools that make your writing better. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">There&#8217;s also, of course, the sense of community&#8211;just being around other people who love writing, who love words. I often find myself especially inspired after the evening readings&#8211;staying up late to write some more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Writers conferences also offer a time to step away from all the responsibilities of everyday life to completely focus on writing. That focus can also be powerful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">If you&#8217;re thinking about a writers conference, October is a perfect month:<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Here is a sampling of writers conferences and book festivals coming up in October:<\/h1>\n<p>Oct. 17-19, 2014 \u2013 <a title=\"Digital Authors and Self-Publishing Conference\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wcwriters.com\/dasp\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Authors 2.0 and Self-Publishing Conference<\/a>, sponsored by West Coast Writers Conferences. Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, CA<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11532\" src=\"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/whistler-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"whistler\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" \/>Oct. 17-19, 2014 \u2013 <a title=\"Whistler Readers and Writers Festival\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whistler.com\/whistler_readers_writers_festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whistler Readers and Writers Festival<\/a>, Whistler, BC<\/p>\n<p>Oct. 19-24, 2014 \u2013 <a title=\"Salt Cay Writers Retreat\" href=\"http:\/\/saltcaywritersretreat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salt Cay Writers Retreat<\/a>, Salt Cay, Bahamas<\/p>\n<p>Oct. 25, 2014 \u2013 <a title=\"Boston Book Fest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonbookfest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston Book Festival <\/a>\u2013 free and excellent! (150 Presenters, including Doris Kearns Goodwin and Herbie Hancock on memoir)<\/p>\n<p>Oct. 21-26, 2014 &#8211; <a title=\"Vancouver Writers Fest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.writersfest.bc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Vancouver Writers Fest<\/a>, Vancouver, BC, Canada<\/p>\n<p>Oct. 24-26, 2014 &#8211; <a title=\"Chicago Writers Conference\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagowritersconference.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Writers Conference<\/a>, University Center, Chicago, IL<\/p>\n<p>Oct. 24-26, 2014 \u2013 <a title=\"La Jolla Writers Conference\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lajollawritersconference.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The La Jolla Writers Conference<\/a>, Paradise Point Resort and Spa, San Diego, CA<\/p>\n<h1>And here are a few in November:<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11533\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11533\" src=\"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cay_webbanner-300x121.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Cay Writers Retreat\" width=\"300\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cay_webbanner-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cay_webbanner-150x61.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cay_webbanner-100x40.jpg 100w, https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cay_webbanner.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salt Cay, Bahamas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nov. 6-9, 2014 \u2013 <a title=\"Sanibel Island Writers Conference\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fgcu.edu\/siwc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanibel Island Writers Conference<\/a>, Sanibel Island, FL<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 15, 2014 &#8211; <a title=\"Baltimore Writers Conference\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimorewritersconference.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baltimore Writers&#8217; Conference<\/a>, Towson, MD<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 16-23, 2013 &#8211; <a title=\"Miami Book Fair International\" href=\"http:\/\/www.miamibookfair.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miami Book Fair International<\/a>, Miami, FL<\/p>\n<p>Know of one not listed here? Add it as a comment! Thanks.<\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love writers conferences&#8211;both presenting and attending workshops. Perhaps my favorite aspect of writers conferences is the opportunity for new input into one&#8217;s writing: An essayist may show you a new way of seeing something about your writing. Or a poet may teach you a nifty trick to get your creative juices flowing. Or you&#8230;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2014\/09\/october-writers-conferences\/\"><em>&nbsp; Read more<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,24,30],"tags":[1539,1536,1537,204,1416,205],"class_list":{"0":"post-11529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-more","8":"category-writing","9":"category-writing-workshop","10":"tag-book-fairs","11":"tag-october-book-fairs","12":"tag-october-writers-conferences","13":"tag-writers-conference","14":"tag-writers-conferences","15":"tag-writing-conference","16":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279121,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11529\/revisions\/279121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}