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• Unboxed Business Cards

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  2012: Best of Times for Writers, or the Worst?

  5516 readers One thing that happens when you go to a writing conference is you end up spending a lot of time with writers. Many kinds of writers. And that can be very instructive. There were several hundred writers in attendance at the San Francisco Writers Conference, which ended yesterday. Throughout the four days there were writing workshops,

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  5 Tips on Maximizing a Writers’ Conference

  3297 readers This guest column by Jessica Monday, freelancer and aspiring novelist. So you’re planning to attend a writing conference? Read these five tips to ensure an experience you’ll savor long after you’ve left the hotel lobby.  After all, you paid for it, right? 1. Choose sessions you find interesting It's no secret you need to know how to write a sparkling

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  SCBWI Live-Blogged Conferences = Tons of Info

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  Mediabistro Launches Online Literary Festival & Writing Workshops

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  2835 readersThis past weekend, I was part of the faculty for the Clarksville Writers Conference (at Austin Peay State University) in Tennessee. Now in its seventh year, I enjoy the CWC because it's a great example of a conference that just grows a little bit each year and continues to do well. (I taught there before in 2007). The

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  How Breakfast at Tiffanys Teaches You to Become a Classic Writer

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  How to Have an Awesome Time at a Writers Conference

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  Come Meet Me in DC: The American Independent Writers Conference, June 12, 2010

  2212 readers DETAILS It's a one-day conference, Saturday, June 12, 2010, at the George Washington University Cafritz Conference Center in Washington, DC. It's sponsored by American Independent Writers (formerly the Washington Independent Writers). This year's theme is "New Realities: The Revolution of Writing and Publishing." See the registration form here. I've been told all names and sessions will be listed online soon, but I've