Con Job: How to Choose & Benefit from a Writers Conference in a Post-Pandemic World: Terrible Advice: Author Edition

By Jodi Thompson

As with all things in life, one size does not fit all.

Search the term "writers conference" and you will spend the following days sorting through link after link, each extolling the virtues of a specific, definitive, superlative conference that you simply must attend. But few of those will be a fit for you.

Con Job is a no-nonsense look at how to choose a conference that will benefit you at this moment. Not the writer you want to be. Not the writer you were two years ago. The writer you are at this moment, with specific wants and needs to support you in your current journey.

Authored by a publishing professional who has spent years on the conference circuit as an attendee, speaker, and organizer, Con Job includes links to free worksheets that will further aid in your journey to advance your writing goals without the need to sell your first-born.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fawkes Press
• Release date: Sep 23, 2022
• ISBN: 9781957529035

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CON JOB

How to Choose & Benefit from a Writers' Conference in a Post-Pandemic World

J.L. Thompson

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Copyright © 2022 by J.L. Thompson

All rights reserved.

No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher or author, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law.

Inclusion in this book and/or accompanying worksheets does not equate endorsement. Please use due diligence before money changes hands.

Contents

1. Chapter 1

2. Chapter 2

3. Chapter 3

4. Chapter 4

5. Chapter 5

6. Chapter 6

7. Chapter 7

8. Chapter 8

9. Chapter 9

10. Chapter 10

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Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. -Cicero

Two millenia gone and now everyone is publishing a book.

Or at least trying.

At one time, the avenues to publishing were limited and strictly guarded. Now you can slap out a book on your lunch break and have it on sale before bedtime.

But you shouldn’t.

Whether you choose to pursue traditional or independent publishing, you want a well-written story. You want a beautifully packaged book. And you want it to sell. You need help, and that help can be found at a writers’ conference.

However, like most things in life, one size does not fit all. The best conference to attend is the conference that fits you and your needs. If you write non-fiction and are looking to be traditionally published, you don’t need to attend a conference that is heavily focused on indie romance. You certainly can learn something at any conference, but unless you’ve got unlimited time and unlimited money, you want maximum return on your investment.

This book is designed to help you discover the conference that will move you down your personal path in the publishing world. Throughout you will also find some tips to help you get the most out