tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post1171332980561022416..comments2024-01-19T22:01:50.746-05:00Comments on Three Wicked Writers Plus Two: Is Your Heart in San Francisco?Cari Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06581235338272282124noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-49247393781043396612008-07-29T20:48:00.000-04:002008-07-29T20:48:00.000-04:00Have a GREAT time, Mona!!! It's worth lots to be a...Have a GREAT time, Mona!!! It's worth lots to be able to connect with people. Hope you get lots our of the convention and yessss, please blog about it when you get back. Fill us in on EVERYTHING!Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-44101172961945815712008-07-29T20:27:00.000-04:002008-07-29T20:27:00.000-04:00Very interseting blog, Regina. I'll post a comment...Very interseting blog, Regina. I'll post a comment here and then I will go on Special Notice until Monday. <BR/><BR/>I'm leaving tomorrow at 6:00 am for San Francisco. Where else? It will be my fourth and last National conference as I have decided it's way too expensive and I'm not getting much out of it. But I will never drop out of RWA. I owe RWA and my chapters what I have become. Actually Mona Riskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923883333893160794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-77894244243328520522008-07-29T19:44:00.000-04:002008-07-29T19:44:00.000-04:00For what it's worth, JK, I hear the editor/agent a...For what it's worth, JK, I hear the editor/agent appts. go more smoothly at the smaller conferences. I hear the fall one in NJ is a good one.<BR/><BR/>There were probably two hundred women in line with me the time I pitched. Every single woman who went into the little rooms came out with a big smile on her face. I'm not normally suspicious by nature but alarm bells were definitely going off. <BR/Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-77650532251602070142008-07-29T19:34:00.000-04:002008-07-29T19:34:00.000-04:00I'm pretty much in agreement that the RWA conferen...I'm pretty much in agreement that the RWA conference is big, too big, so big that you have to wonder how it's even possible to stand out among all the hundreds of other writers waiting their turn in line to pitch and wow the editors and agents. Sorry, I really doubt it's gonna happen. And I'm not planning to go anytime soon. However, I will be trying one of the smaller conferences in the hopes J.K. Coihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09890728169343650544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-650126847730142852008-07-29T18:55:00.000-04:002008-07-29T18:55:00.000-04:00You know, Anita, I can't remember one person who s...You know, Anita, I can't remember one person who said they got a contract from their conf. appts. with agents and editors. Not one. Makes you wonder if the whole thing isn't a huge sham. Anyone know anyone who HAS???? I'd love to be proven wrong on this.Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-86819983263222179202008-07-29T18:53:00.000-04:002008-07-29T18:53:00.000-04:00Megan, do they have romance conventions in the UK?...Megan, do they have romance conventions in the UK? I know the Aussie RWA is in Feb. but I wondered about that. Surely there are some you could attend. Man, that really sucks.Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-91003281279960527612008-07-29T18:52:00.000-04:002008-07-29T18:52:00.000-04:00Kelley, I think a lot of writers have said they ge...Kelley, I think a lot of writers have said they get more value for their money at the smaller conferences. I know you and Anne had a blast at Lori Foster's Event. That sounds like a more intimate setting to me.Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-87777807858780841732008-07-29T18:51:00.000-04:002008-07-29T18:51:00.000-04:00I honestly think RWA is beneficial, especially wit...I honestly think RWA is beneficial, especially with the smaller local chapters. My problem has always been that I don't have a local chapter. So basically, I get the mag and that's it. Yeah...I know there's great on-line stuff but I get that FREE in other places, too.<BR/><BR/>I'll be interested in talking to some of my friends who are going and see if they got that "outsider" feeling.Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-31790493409713077242008-07-29T18:47:00.000-04:002008-07-29T18:47:00.000-04:00I have attended five RWA naiional confences. Liked...I have attended five RWA naiional confences. Liked the workshops and the great handouts. Every agent and editors asked for three copies and a synopsis and not one yielded a contract nor an interesting rejection letter. I'm toying with the idea of dropping my memberships but ... I would also have to drop out of our Vancouver Island Chapter. Don't want to do that.Anita Birthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10579877218246605030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-26001261252329854912008-07-29T17:55:00.000-04:002008-07-29T17:55:00.000-04:00The networking with other writers who love what th...The networking with other writers who love what they do as much as I love what I do is always worth the price of admission.<BR/><BR/>I'll admit that the 'haves' and have nots' is extremely noticeable. Even once you've sold (only one) then there is still a difference. It's that whole multi-pubbed and backed by a big house thing.<BR/><BR/>From a weather standpoint -- being another Texan -- oh, yeahK.M. Saint Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10497196465431986957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-43936231002729014502008-07-29T11:46:00.000-04:002008-07-29T11:46:00.000-04:00I haven't been to one of the huge conferences such...I haven't been to one of the huge conferences such as RT or RWA. I find you can get more some times from the smaller ones. I've gone to Lori Foster's the past two years. There aren't workshops but with a smaller group you get personal contact with agent and editors. You sit at their table and chat with them. I sold out of ALL my books when I went this past June and did a lot of networking. I do Kelley Nyraehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370986712526819194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-18057241104207173222008-07-29T11:29:00.000-04:002008-07-29T11:29:00.000-04:00Yeah...me too, Kelly. I got the HUGE feeling of no...Yeah...me too, Kelly. I got the HUGE feeling of not belonging at the RWA conferences. As someone unpubbed but paying the astronomical fee to get there, it didnt take me long to feel the rest of us were financing this big party for "those who really mattered". Now I'm multi-pubbed and I KNOW I'd never dis unpubbed writers. They are, hopefully, the stars of tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>Yep. RT and EC for me Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-39206628671803953842008-07-29T11:26:00.000-04:002008-07-29T11:26:00.000-04:00Stealing someone's work is just WRONG. We always n...Stealing someone's work is just WRONG. We always need to be alert to disreputable and okay...morally corrupt people. I've heard a lot of people say the smaller conferences are better than the big conventions. At least as far as the craft.Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-79812359890117493972008-07-29T11:25:00.000-04:002008-07-29T11:25:00.000-04:00I think that I'd like to attend a convention in or...I think that I'd like to attend a convention in order to meet up with writer friends and put faces to the names. I'm sure it would be a great opportunity. As I'm in the UK though, there isn't really a lot of opportunity to get to the US conventions. I too look forward to getting all the gossip from those who are attending this week.Megan Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18323374035301532559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-80203536209665273952008-07-29T11:23:00.001-04:002008-07-29T11:23:00.001-04:00I attended the RWA 07 conference and it was good b...I attended the RWA 07 conference and it was good but expensive for what we got. I've also been annoyed that as a published writer but not taken seriously, I can't enter contests with the same credibility. I don't care anymore. I know I can write after ten books. I don't need a contest to tell me I have a shot at publication. I've been debating my membership for awhile. No decisions yet but I Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14947952583116323744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-78135235055489017062008-07-29T11:23:00.000-04:002008-07-29T11:23:00.000-04:00Tell you something about those partying people! So...Tell you something about those partying people! Some of em are bestselling authors getting drunk and partying their butts off. The last one I attended changed my opinion about some of them. Don't buy em anymore.<BR/><BR/>Thing is...it's okay (and even GOOD) to have fun but we can't forget for a minute the reason we're there. It's to network and learn MORE. A writers the learning doesn't stop justRegina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-79320172020802785052008-07-29T11:18:00.000-04:002008-07-29T11:18:00.000-04:00Interesting. I was just thinking about writers' c...Interesting. I was just thinking about writers' conventions yesterday. I've never been to a romance writers' convention or gathering, but I have attended several 'reputable' writers' conferences. I learned the following - and this certainly does not apply to every guest author - some authors attend as lecturers, not to pass on tidbits of knowledge or teach the craft of writing but to simply Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16298113757853553806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-7888668424805410172008-07-29T10:32:00.000-04:002008-07-29T10:32:00.000-04:00I also want to network with other authors and get ...I also want to network with other authors and get information, as well as workshops to improve skills. I sooooo want to go to RT next year!Molly Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488325587798390008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-53587037225495929682008-07-29T10:18:00.000-04:002008-07-29T10:18:00.000-04:00I have yet to attend a conference but I'd love to ...I have yet to attend a conference but I'd love to go to Orlando next year for RT. I'm all for fun and games but I'm not one of those who would go overboard. <BR/><BR/>Dianna Love spoke about this at the Georgia RWA meeting I went to a few weeks ago. (As a guest) She voiced the fact that publishers and editors watch what prospective authors are doing at these things. <BR/><BR/>Some of the P. Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10916816466783025242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-20280302594340264912008-07-29T10:12:00.000-04:002008-07-29T10:12:00.000-04:00I confess that I'm really not much for conventions...I confess that I'm really not much for conventions. If I go to another one, I would reallllly like to see some excellent workshops. The ones I attended at RT were MOSTLY so-so. Judy Mays had an wonderful one. As did another author who did one on writing a synopsis. But too many of them were "meet the author" or panel discussions that meandered around without very much meat in them.Anny Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305873753916213970noreply@blogger.com