Conference attendance is necessary for writers wanting to get published. In fact, conferences are a critical component of your marketing strategy. Conferences give you access to published writers and editors who can help you learn the craft and the industry. … Continue reading
In the summer of 1999, I attended my first conference, Southern Christian Writers Conference at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Somehow, an announcement about the conference reached my local newspaper in Union City, Tennessee. I managed to locate some other West Tennessee writers who were attending SCWC, so I decided to go with them. I had no idea what I would learn or what I would do with the information. I just knew that I liked to write and had been told that I was good at it. I wanted to explore the possibilities.
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