"My Quick Review Of: The "Write On Con" Writing Conference"

I don't know about the rest of you, but I thought the WriteOnCon.com free writing conference for kidlit writers was absolutely awesome! Also, since the conference was free, any interested writer was encouraged to attend, plus the curriculum focused on picture book, middle grade, and young adult writers.

WriteOnCon.com did have a few temporary glitches due to the overwhelming response that they had. I'm not exactly sure, but I think that maybe Google wasn't prepared for all of the creatively talented people that would be converging on one tiny little spot at the same time, and it blew their "little minds". Can you imagine what would have happened if WriteOnCon.com had have offered the conference to more than just kidlit writers? Why, it probably would have closed down the entire Internet!





Then on top of that, after Google finally got everything squared away, some of the participants (namely me!) still had trouble getting on to the WriteOnCon.com site because now their own individual Internet Service Providers (ISP's) were having problems with either Google or the WriteOnCon.com site itself. It was a little bit frustrating...

But as far as I'm concerned, none of this should reflect negatively upon the founders/presenters of the WriteOnCon.com event itself. Each one of the people involved in organizing, presenting and the actual nuts-n-bolts working at this fantastic conference are to be congratulated for the excellent jobs that they did!





NOTE: The following are the people in the WriteOnCon.com "gang" that are to be recognized for their outstanding work throughout this event:

THE FOUNDERS:

1. Jamie Harrington


2. Elana Johnson


3. Casey McCormick


4. Shannon Messenger


5. Lisa and Laura Roecker


6. Jennifer Stayrook

THE AGENTS/EDITORS:

1. Michelle Andelman with Regal Literary.


2. Regina Brooks with Serendipity Literary Agency, LLC.


3. Catherine Drayton with InkWell Management.


4. Natalie M. Fischer with The Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency.


5. Mandy Hubbard with D4EO Literary Agency.


6. Weronika Janczuk with D4EO Literary Agency.


7. Mary Kole with The Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Inc..


8. Jennifer Laughran with The Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Inc..


9. Kendra Levin with Viking Children's Books.


10. Steven Malk with Writer's House Literary Agency.


11. Mark McVeigh with The McVeigh Agency.


12. Martha Mihalick with Greenwillow Books.


13. Molly O'Neill with Katherine Tegen Books.


14. Kathleen Ortiz with Lowenstein Assoiciates, Inc..


15. Paul Samuelson with Sourcebooks, Inc..


16. Anica Rissi with Simon & Schuster.


17. Holly Root with Waxman Literary Agency.


18. Elana Roth with The Caren Johnson Literary Agency.


19. Joanna Stampfel-Volpe with Nancy Coffey Literary and Media Representation.


20. Kate Schafer Testerman with KT Literary.


21. Suzie Townsend with FinePrint Literary Management.


22. Michelle Wolfson with Wolfson Literary Agency.

THE AUTHORS/ILLUSTRATORS:

1. Josh Berk


2. Tera Lynn Childs


3. Rosemary Clement-Moore


4. Kimberly Derting


5. Lindsay Eland


6. Jennifer Fosberry


7. Risa Green


8. Rachel Hawkins


9. P. J. Hoover


10. Shelli Johannes-Wells


11. Julia Karr


12. Kody Keplinger


13. Lindsey Leavitt


14. Tom Leveen


15. J. S. Lewis


16. Cynthea Liu


17. Jodi Meadows


18. Shelley Moore Thomas


19. Aprilynne Pike


20. Janette Rallison


21. Lisa Schroeder


22. Crystal Stranaghan


23. Tiffany Strelitz Haber


24. Stasia Ward Kehoe


25. Daisy Whitney


26. Suzanne Young


27. Michelle Zink

The Illustrators from "Studio Five" are:

1. J. H. Everett


2. Bob Singer


3. Alice and Martin Provensen


4. Andrew Mitchell


5. JR Johnson


6. Marilyn Scott-Waters

I just wanted to publicly acknowledge all of the people that went to so much work bringing us such a fabulous writer's conference...and all for FREE, too, I might add! In addition to that, I wanted to give them a great big THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart, because I don't know that I would be able to attend a conference any other way. ~If I have missed anyone in error, please accept my apology, then let me know so I can edit this posting right away! Thanks.~ So...here's a special thanks to all of you:








I guess that's all for now, folks. Be sure to use the links above and visit the people that you're interested in checking out. Every one of them is super talented & creative and you'll be glad that you've gotten to know them in one way or another. Trust me!

Until next time...stay safe, stay well, and may the Lord bless you all.

Cynde


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Cynde's Daybook ~and~ Usurper Exposed. Thank you!

"Update On My Latest News!"

Hello, everybody!

I just completed the "Summer Symposium Workshops" hosted by "Savvy Authors.com".

While I was a "lurker" in several of the workshops, the workshops that I actually participated in are as follows:

1. "Great Characters--Great Hooks: How to Put 'Em Together" with Shannon Donnelly.


2. ""Muse. Breathe. Focus. Achieve." with Stacia Kelly.


3. "Series Pitfalls" with Dyanne Davis.

Furthermore, Dyanne Davis has asked me to be a guest on her website; she will be interviewing me in the very near future. I am so honored! It will be my very first interview on a website ever!

And guess what! I was one of the blessed individuals that won a "raffle prize" from the "Summer Symposium Workshops". My prize was a book entitled "WRITING ROMANCE" that was donated by Beth Barany. "Thanks a lot, Beth!"




The first thing on my agenda is the fabulous, FREE online writer's conference called: "WriteOnCon.com" which will be held from 10 through 12 August 2010, inclusive.


Next in line for my events at the "Savvy Authors.com" site are the following workshops:

1. "Tickets to Ride: Basic Historical Research"; Instructor: Beth Daniels; Dates: 30 Aug-05 Sept 2010.


2. "Creating Your Own Book Trailer"; Instructor: Kris Tualla; Dates: 05 Sept-19 Sept 2010.

I guess that's all for now, folks. I'll check in as soon as I have any more news. I let you know when my interview with Dyanne Davis will be posted so you can check it out, OK?



Until next time...stay safe, stay well, and may the Lord bless you all.

Cynde


Please visit my other blogs:
Cynde's Daybook ~and~ Usurper Exposed. Thank you!