Cynthia Harrison

Novelist

Category: writing conferences

  • This Writer’s Worth

    I just returned from a writer’s conference and the news is not good. Writers, say the workshop leaders, will not make much money. They need to keep their day jobs. Another item in the negative column is this: writers must do their own promotion. This means we need to learn how to market our work…

  • Have Mini-Bar, Will Travel

    I’m going to a writer’s conference. Have not been to one is so long, well, except the one I worked on for DWW. Just as I like being a student more than a teacher, I like attending conferences more than planning them. So I am greatly looking forward to this. In fact, I’m packing a mini-bar because…

  • Braided Poems

    So much information and writing wisdom is tucked in my little notebook from the conference last weekend. My favorite class was called “The Braided Poem” even though I don’t consider myself a poet. I am a person who sometimes writes poetry as a way to shake things up for my novelist self. A way to…

  • Creative Juice

    Just signed up for this year’s Rochester Writer’s Conference put together by DWW member Michael Dwyer. Michael does so much in the Michigan writing community: he is set to sponsor a writing contest, runs an open monthly workshop, creates an annual conference. Having so recently had a taste of what it takes to make a conference go, I really don’t…

  • Inspiration at the Conference

    The conference is over, and I am finally feeling like myself again. In that 12 hour day, almost everything flowed perfectly (Still need to hunt down the person who stole a turkey  sub, leaving a lone veggie wrap on the food table.) When I thought about how my day would be, I imagined running here and there, putting out fires, but…