Written by Networking at Writer’s Conferences: From Contacts to Contracts (Wiley Books for Writers)
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Use writer’s conferences to establish career-making contacts with agents, editors, and other writers
Veteran writers and editors Steven and Lee Spratt offer savvy advice on using writer’s conferences as your primary networking tool. They’ll help you make strong and lasting connections with agents, editors, and other writers by showing you how to:
* Present yourself as a professional in any situation, even if you’ve never sold a word
* Follow up on new contacts to get the most out of every lead
* Find and evaluate hundreds of writer’s conferences and workshops throughout the country
* Abide by the rules of publishing protocol when sending out query letters, proposals, and manuscripts
* Transform you’re conference contacts into book contracts
With this essential guide, you’ll make and keep the important connections that are a vital part of every professional writer’s life.”A writer,” the Spratts remind us more than once in Networking at Writer’s Conferences, “is someone who writes.” But a writer who wishes to be published, in most cases, is someone who schmoozes. This book is for the novice schmoozer. Steven D. and Lee G. Spratt are husband-and-wife fiction-writing partners and regular speakers on the writer’s conference circuit. Much of what they teach here is plain-old common sense–prepare for the conference before you go, don’t ask questions you can find the answers to yourself, send thank-you notes–but it never hurts to have it reinforced. Plus, they do have some advice you might not have thought of. For instance, volunteer to work at the conference. Not only does this reduce the registration fee, but it’s a great networking opportunity as well. If volunteers aren’t needed, offer to shepherd a speaker to and from his or her hotel. Getting published (or even represented) is a lot about luck, and “luck,” say the Spratts, “is where preparation meets opportunity, and that’s what this book is all about.” –Jane Steinberg
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