ACW Conference Bflo June 10-11

I'm off! Tomorrow and Saturday, a mere 20 minutes from my house.

Primary goal: Convince an agent to represent my book!

Secondary goal: Network like mad.

It runs from 8 am - 9 pm-ish toimorrow, and 8-5 Saturday. I doubt I'll have the brain cells left to get on the Net tomorrow night, but I'll post a recap Saturday night or Sunday and let y'all know if these conferences are worth the money. (They run several around the country.)

Say one for me -- thanks!

- the Lily

Bad news and good news.

Bad: The sole agent there did not beg to represent me.

Good: He said my opening hooked him (Wah-hoo!) and pointed out 3 major ways I can improve the book. Not being a shy Lily, I then said: "I will rewrite. Can I send it to you again?" And he said yes.

So, another couple months of work ahead, with hope!


Here's my comment (and this is only the 2nd conference I've been to, so I could just be clueless).

What's up with all the P-U-S-H to sell books?! Not just books written by the 2 speakers (that's a no-brainer) but books on writing, and not cheaply, either. I dislike being pushed (and had to scrape to get the $200 conf. fee) and bought nothing.

2 days in a humid hotel conference room listening to speakers really fries the brain. They gave half-hour breaks (an excellent schedule, BTW) which really helped. But last night I was toast on the couch.


However, I learned a lot and overall it was worth it.

Lily

I figured if I didn't get gutsy and ask the question, I'd have effectively wasted the $200 conference fee.