A Dance Card For Writer’s Digest’s Annual Conference: #WDC15 Meets #MSWL Porter Anderson “ 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.
At HOW Design Live In Chicago: Karim Rashid, Creative Empowerment, And ‘Digital Freedom’ Porter Anderson “ F+W Media’s HOW Design Live conference brings to more than 4,000 attendees in Chicago a message of creativity’s digital tools, collaborative potential — and importance to the world.
Trends: Isn’t It Time For Self-Publishers To Get Over Self-Publishing? Porter Anderson “ As self-publishing matures, there may be a growing sense that the means of publishing was never the point. Independent authors, on the whole, may be moving past the self-pub crusading stage and on to a new, refreshing focus — on the work itself.
Seattle’s Finest: Jon Fine Is Leaving Amazon Porter Anderson “ After nine years with the company, the affable director of author and publisher relations is moving on, his wry honesty echoing in the industry: “The good news is that today everybody can publish a book. The bad news is that today everybody an publish a book.”
If You’re Teaching Novel-Writing, Get Out Of My Face About Film Porter Anderson “ 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” Porter Anderson “ 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 Porter Anderson “ 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.
Writing + Money + Life: Jane Friedman’s New Magazine For Writers Jason Allen Ashlock “ When Jane Friedman left the helm of Writers Digest after more than 10 years with the $10 million dollar brand, we all wondered what would come next.