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

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...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.
2012 Central California Writers Conference Guest Speaker Line Up PDF Print E-mail

The Central Valley Writers group would like to welcome 10 amazing speakers to this year’s conference. Each speaker is bringing a unique perspective and knowledge to help further your writing career. This year’s sessions will range from What to Expect from an Agent to How to Make Better Villains. Please click on the names of our speakers to learn more about them.

T. Greenwood

Bonnie Hearn Hill

Carol Wolf

Christopher Allan Poe

Douglas Rees

Hazel Dixon Cooper

Kathleen Rushall

Sally Van Haitsma

Stephen Black Mettee

 

Even if these people do not have a direct link to your preferred genre or writing style; remember that it is not what you know but who you know. Each person that you meet is a potential doorway into the publishing world!