It’s time to start thinking about and planning which writer’s conferences to attend in 2010. The first one that I’m taking part in is the Florida Christian Writer’s Conference, March 4 – 7th. It is at the Lake Yale Conference Center, near Leesburg, Florida. Conference director is Billie Wilson. This is a popular conference with expected attendees of around 250. Keynote speakers are: Eva Marie Everson, Jesse Florea, Jerry Jenkins and Cec Murphy.
The Conference offers the following:
• Appointments with Agents and Editors
• Manuscript Submission to Agents & Editors
• 9 Continuing Classes:
(6 hours of instruction in a genre including a special Teen Track)
• FREE CD of the entire conference to full-time participants
• Mentoring Tracks limited to 10 participants in each track
1. Fiction Project – Ken Kuhlken
2. Fiction Project – Eva Marie Everson
3. Non-Fiction Project – Janis Whipple
• 72 Elective Workshops
• Plus 30 + Freelance Authors
The conference web site is www.FLWRITERS.org
Blog – http://www.floridachristianwriters.blogspot.com
Twitter – http://twitter.com/flwritersconf
FaceBook – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Florida-Christian-Writers-Converence/147564825201
Even though it is Florida it can be chilly in March. One year I wore my leather coat the whole conference because I was so cold. It would be wise to take sweaters or a light coat, or both. Business casual is the norm. This is a good conference and I highly recommend it.
I will be teaching two workshops, “Do I Need an Agent?” and “Preparing a Winning Proposal”
Warmly,
Joyce
5 comments:
I hope you have a great time, Joyce. I also hope it's not too cold this year!
I heard Eva Marie Everson, Jesse Florea, and Cecil Murphy at the Blue Ridge Writer's Conference in 2004. I took one of Cecil Murphy's classes. Your conference should be a good one!
Thank you for writing about this Joyce! I look forward to being at the conference this year ... and to my class. We'll talk a lot about the most common mistakes in writing as we look at first pages, character arcs and plot development. I promise it to be an informative class!
Eva Marie Everson
Thanks for your comments! Cecelia, I have a picture of you, me, Tamela and maybe Janet Benrey or Dorothy Clark that comes up as a screen saver every so often, from the Mid-Atlantic conference :)
Eva Marie, it will be good to see you. I know you have a heart to help writers!
I live sort of near Leesburg. For the last 10 days or so, it has been the coldest period in decades. Usuually in March it is not cold; every few years there is a 2 day cold spell in March.
Thanks for your good blogs, I enjoy them.
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