Greetings,
For the last 7 days I’ve been at a writer’s conference in Las Vegas. The days were packed full of sessions on topics ranging from the craft of writing to all aspects of the business side (even how to use TikTok). There were pre and post show meetups where normally introverted authors networked with their peers. In attendance were writers who’ve yet to publish all the way to those making six or more figures a year, and everything in between.
I’ve never met and talked to so many people in so short of time. What’s great about this conference and this group in particular, is that you can meet somebody so completely different than yourself, but because of the connections between writers you can strike up a conversation and sometimes talk for hours.
The culmination of the conference was the final day which was the Author’s signing day. I shared a table with five other authors, but we had a blast.
I come away from the conference energized. I learned so much in such a short amount of time that my brain is still processing everything. What’s really cool is the majority of the sessions were recorded and are posted on YouTube, so I can go back and watch anything I wasn’t able to attend. This means the learning will continue for the foreseeable future. I had several conversations with some writing “pros” much further along in their career than I, and was given some really good advice that I will do my best to put to good use!
If any of you are interested in writing and publishing independently check out the 20Booksto50K Facebook group. They run a tight ship in terms of what you can and can’t post about, but I don’t think you can find a more welcoming, helpful group of people.
Mechhaven Missives
- You may have seen the extra message this week. If not, Unexpected Contact is available for free on Amazon through Sunday, 11/14. If you’re interested, please click here.
- On Darkhaven Forged—since I was away from my main computer for a week, I’m not sure of my exact word count, but I was able to get a tiny bit of writing done, so I’m pretty sure I’ve passed the 50,000 word mark. I’m looking forward to getting back to my normal routine and getting to work on the next 50,000!
- If you haven’t already read them, don’t forget to read Pax Machina and Mechs and Machinations, available on Amazon or Kindle Unlimited.
Promotions
Here are some new group promotions. These have some great books in Kindle Unlimited as well as some free giveaways. Please take a look and stock up on some things to read for Thanksgiving weekend!
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Until next time,
Greg