Writers Conference

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04/28/2012

Please remember to register. Registrations at the door is $210.

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Authors Welcome

Author

...but no more than 100.

We keep the number of conference registrations low, allowing promising writers to rub shoulders with seasoned authors and agents in a relaxed, retreat-like atmosphere.

Pitching Tips

How to Pitch Your Novel at a Writer's Conference

Each year Central California Conference attendees promote their work to visiting agents and editors. Here are some simple tips to insure success in those meetings:
 
1. Do Your Homework
 
2. Prepare a Pitch
 
3. Be Professional
 
4. Break the Ice
 
5. Conduct Your Own Interview
 
6. Get a Business Card
 
7. Make Lemonade from Lemons
 
8. End the Right Way
 
9. Pretend You're From Missouri!
 
10. Breathe
 

Literary Agents

Seeking new clients? Anxious to see Yosemite?

Yosemite national Park

Contact us, and let our references describe how important this event is to you.

NOTE: If you are not seeking new talent, we cannot help you visit Yosemite. There are numerous conferences providing reps with free weekends at nice hotels in desireable locales, knowing those agents have no sincere intent of acquiring new clients. However, the Central California Writers' Conference is not one of them.
Bonnie Hearn Hill brings Workshop to California Writers Conference PDF Print E-mail

Bonnie Hearn Hill

Bonnie Hearn Hill is bringing her workshop to the 2012 Central California Writers Conference.

Bonnie is the author of six thrillers from MIRA Books and the Star Crossed young adult astrology series from Running Press/Perseus. Her Young Adult paranormal, GHOST ISLAND, is publishing September 1, 2011. The debut booksigning will be held at the Fresno Barnes and Noble, September 17th.

She worked as a newspaper editor for 22 years, a job that, along with her natural nosiness, increased her interest in contemporary culture. An interest in astrology along with her close friendship with Cosmo Magazine Astrologer Hazel Dixon-Cooper inspired the Star Crossed series: ARIES RISING, TAURUS EYES, and GEMINI NIGHT. Prior to her series from Running Press/Perseus Books, she wrote six thrillers for MIRA Books, as well as numerous short stories, nonfiction books and articles.

A national conference speaker, Bonnie founded The Tuesdays, a bonded and successful writing workshop in Fresno, California, and she also teaches an occasional online class. On Fridays she meets with her private critique group (humorous astrology author Hazel Dixon-Cooper, prescriptive nonfiction writer Dennis C. Lewis, and musician/thriller novelist Christopher Allen Poe).