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.
Literary Agent Sally van Haitsma to be Guest at 2012 Conference PDF Print E-mail

Sally Van Haitsma

In 2010 agent Sally van Haitsma founded van Haitsma Literary, a boutique agency located in Encinitas, California. Sally has represented, among others, the New York Times bestseller Wesley the Owl by Stacey O'Brien (Simon & Schuster); America Libre and House Divided by Raul Ramos y Sanchez (Grand Central); Hick by Andrea Portes (Unbridled Books, film adaptation starring Chloe Moretz, Blake Lively, Alec Baldwin and Juliette Lewis premiering at the 2011 Toronto Int'l Film Festival); NATO 2.0:

Reboot or Delete? by Sarwar Kashmeri (Potomac Books); Does this Mean You'll See Me Naked? by Robert Webster (Sourcebooks); and International bestseller, The Leisure Seeker by Michael Zadoorian (HarperCollins).

Actively seeking new authors, Sally is interested in commercial and literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, pop culture, education, business and current affairs. She has a Masters in Communication from UC San Diego and graduated Phi Beta Kappa.  www.vanhaitsmaliterary.com