WRITERS CONFERENCES
LISTINGS ARE FOR INFORMATION ONLY . PLEASE CHECK THEM OUT YOURSELF
Jan 27-29
Feb 9-11 Feb 16-19 Feb 16-19
Feb 17-20
2017
Genre LA Speculative Fiction Conference , Doubletree Hotel , Los Angeles CA ( presented by West Coast Writers Conferences )
PubWest 2017 , Benson Hotel , Portland OR San Francisco Writers Conference , Mark Hopkins Hotel , San Francisco CA
Savannah Book Festival , around Savannah ’ s historic Telfair , Wright , and Chippewa Squares , Savannah GA
Southern California Writers Conference , Crowne Plaza Hanalei , San Diego , California
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND WRITERS CONFERENCES
WRITING CONFERENCES ARE EXTRAORDINARILY
VALUABLE .
AS WRITERS , WE WORK IN A CREATIVE FIELD AND WE CAN SIT AT A KEYBOARD AND WRITE A BOOK-- THAT ’ S A GIVEN .
Feb 17-18 Feb 23-26
22nd Annual South Coast Writers Conference , Gold Beach OR SleuthFest 2017 , Embassy Suites , Boca Raton FL
Feb 26 - Mar 3 Writers Winter Escape Cruise 2017 , Departs from Miami FL to Cozumel MX and Nassau , Bahamas
Mar 14-16 Mar 23-25
The London Book Fair , Olympic , London , UK The Write Stuff Writers Conference , Best Western , Bethlehem PA
Mar 25 Unicorn Writers Conference , Reid Castle — Manhattanville College , Purchase NY
Apr . 20-22
Las Vegas Writers Conference , Sams Town , Las Vegas NV
May 5-6 Northwest Christian Writers Renewal , Westminster Chapel , Bellevue , WA
May 2-7 May 5-6
Romantic Times Booklovers Convention , Hyatt Regency , Atlanta GA Idaho Writers Premier Writers Conference , The Boise Centre , Boise , ID
BUT , WITHOUT TRAINING AND GUIDANCE , OUR PATH TO SUCCESSFUL PUBLISHING CAN BE FAR LONGER ( IF AT ALL ) THAN IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WITH OUTSIDE EXPERT HELP .
WE OPEN OURSELVES TO LEARNING BY TRIAL AND ERROR , WHICH CAN COST TIME , MONEY AND BE A REAL EGO BEATING .
BY ATTENDING CONFER-
ENCES YOU NOT ONLY LEARN ABOUT THE CRAFT AND BUSINESS OF WRIT- ING , BUT MAKE INVALU- ABLE CONTACTS ..
May 14-21
Seaside Writers Conference , The Academic Village , Seaside FL
WINTER 2017
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