Writers Conference

I've always wanted to go to a writers conference, but the time, place or something has always stood in the way.  Last year, when I was at a meeting of the San Diego chapter of the National Speakers Association, I met the woman in charge of the LaJolla Writers Conference and was so impressed by her, I made a pledge to attend this year.  Well, that's exactly what I did this past weekend, and it was amazing.  They had 5 to 6 different tracks going at all times, along with keynote speakers who are highly successful authors, but had gone through extraordinary tales of woe getting there.  Many of the attendees were into fiction, memoir or romance writing, but those of us in non-fiction had many interesting sessions directly relating to marketing. 

Although most speakers, online sellers, coaches and consultants don't like to talk about marketing, that's what most businesses are all about.  And the authors who attended didn't want to talk about it either.  They were in love with the idea of writing, but really gave no thought as to how to market their books.  Take a word from Tom and I--it's all about marketing.  We already believe you have the value or you wouldn't be in the association, but you have to sell what you have.

Comments

[Joan Stewart, The Publicity Hound]

I wish every writer who has the idea to write a book would talk to me first before they sit down to write one word.

In fact, I wrote an article called "10 questions to ask before writing your book." If they do, some of them will save themselves a lot of time and money publishing books nobody wants to read. You can find it at http://tinyurl.com/yn29do

[Patsi Krakoff, The Blog Squad]

Gayle I know you and I know this blog is written by you...but you don't make it easy to find your name anywhere - not in the banner, not in your post footers, not in the side bar. One of the most important things about having a conversation is to identify yourself. And blogs are a conversation. Just a friendly suggestion!

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