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A Dance Card For Writer’s Digest’s Annual Conference: #WDC15 Meets #MSWL

A Dance Card For Writer’s Digest’s Annual Conference: #WDC15 Meets #MSWL

Porter Anderson Porter Anderson
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Among North America’s most professionally produced author events, the 2015 Writer’s Digest Annual Conference dances into New York this week, as Manuscript WishList tells writers just what moves literary agents are looking for.

If You’re Teaching Novel-Writing, Get Out Of My Face About Film

If You’re Teaching Novel-Writing, Get Out Of My Face About Film

Porter Anderson Porter Anderson
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Don’t come at me with what you say are examples of novel-craft that start, “Remember in that movie when Tom Hanks…”

Don’t Let Publishing Intimidate You: “You Are Your Own Best Advocate”

Don’t Let Publishing Intimidate You: “You Are Your Own Best Advocate”

Porter Anderson Porter Anderson
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In his “Dirty Little Secrets” conference presentation, Writer’s Digest Publisher Phil Sexton tells authors to ask their publishers what support their books are getting — and what they can do to help.”

Writer’s Digest’s Conference In New York: Sway With Me

Writer’s Digest’s Conference In New York: Sway With Me

Porter Anderson Porter Anderson
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Every Year, New Moves Staging national-class writers’ conferences has never been easy. Competing interests go with the territory. In the past, organizers could lose a lot of sleep over the question of “craft vs.

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