American Fork Writers Conference

I had an amazing time attending the American Fork Writers Conference this weekend in American Fork, Utah. It has to be one of the most inexpensive writers' conference with the most fantastic information that can help a writer move forward toward their dreams. I will try and post some of the things that I learned during the conference over the next few weeks.

In the meantime, there are a few events that I wanted to pass on the info for.
1) If you missed the AF Writers' Conference this year, then plan on coming to the one next year which will be held on April 16, 2011.

2) If you plan on participating in next year's conference there is also an opportunity to have your work published in anthology that will be sold on next year's conference. The due date for submissions is Aug 1, 2010. There is no submission fee and if your work shows up in the anthology you will get a free copy at next year's conference. Submissions must be no more than 500 words (20 lines if its poetry) and can be fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and novel excerpts. To submit your work or ask for further details regarding the submission guidelines then email submissions@writingindepth.com.

3) If you live in Utah and feel like you could use additional help in your writing, getting help with submissions, and much more the American Fork Arts council is sponsoring a weekly manuscript workshop with Caleb Warnock to be held at the AF Historic City Hall at 31 North Church Street. The class costs $10 each class when you purchase a month at a time, or $15 for a single class. I'm definitely going to start attending and I hope to see you there.

Never give up hope on your writing dreams.

Write-a-thon

The editors that I'm currently working with on book one of the Nedaran Prophecy series are sponsoring a write-a-thon this evening in order to promote people writing. This is a great opportunity for a little added motivation to work on your own stuff. To check out the details and join in the fun (yes, there will be prizes) check out their blog post at WritingOnTheWall.

Even with a husband who will be away this evening, and two kids to get ready for bed, I'm going to do my best as this is a great opportunity to get some writing done. In fact, I may even get the kids ready for bed at four so that I won't have to do it at 8 and just let them play in their pajamas.

I hope that you join in for the Write-a-thon as well. In the meantime, Keep on writing.