Writers Tricks of the Trade Issue 1 Volume 8 | Page 30

WRITERS CONFERENCES L ISTINGS ARE FOR INFORMATION ONLY . P LEASE CHECK THEM OUT YOURSELF WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND WRITERS CONFERENCES W RITING CONFER- ENCES ARE EXTRA - 2018 May 2-4 8th Annual Nonfiction Writers Conference, Online Conference May 3-5 Fifth Annual Christian Editors’ Conference, Grand Rapids MI May 4-5 2018 Northern Colorado Writers Conference, Fort Collins CO ORDINARILY VALUA- BLE . A S WRITERS , WE WORK IN A CREATIVE FIELD AND WE CAN SIT AT A KEYBOARD AND WRITE A BOOK - - THAT ’ S A GIVEN . B UT , WITHOUT TRAINING AND GUIDANCE , OUR PATH TO SUCCESSFUL PUBLISHING CAN BE FAR LONGER ( IF AT ALL ) THAN IT MIGHT May 30-Jun 2 North Words Writers Symposium, Skagway AK Jun 9-10 DFW Writers Conference, Dallas-Ft. Worth TX Jun 17-23 Colgate Writers' Conference, Hamilton NY Jun 22-24 Greater Los Angeles Writers Conference, Van Nuys CA Jun 28-30 27th Jackson Hole Writers Conference, Jackson Hole WY Jun 28-30 Speak UP Conference, Grand Rapids MI Jul 12-15 Public Safety Writers Conference, Las Vegas NV Jul 12-15 Eleventh Annual Memoir Writing Workshop "Turning Memory into Story" Las Vegas NV Jul 19-21 Realm Makers Conference, St. Louis MO Jul 27-28 Mississippi Writers Guild Conference, Meridian MS Aug 2-4 Mendicino Coast Writers Conference, Mendicino CA Aug 3-4 2018 Pennsylvania Writers Conference, Wilkes-Barre PA HAVE BEEN WITH OUTSIDE EXPERT HELP . W E OPEN OUR- SELVES TO LEARNING BY TRIAL AND ER- ROR , WHICH CAN COST TIME , MONEY AND BE A REAL EGO BEATING . B Y ATTENDING CONFERENCES YOU NOT ONLY LEARN ABOUT THE CRAFT AND BUSINESS OF WRITING , BUT MAKE INVALUABLE CON- TACTS . . S PRING 2018 P AGE 22 W RITERS ’ T RICKS OF THE T RADE