Cynthia Harrison
Novelist
Category: writing conferences
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10 Years!
I can’t believe the ten year anniversary of this blog slipped away without a mention. It was Monday, so I’m at least in the same week. Two years ago, I decided I was going to self-publish all my novels, put them on the website for free, and stop blogging. Just have a static website where…
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Conference Change
As chair of the 2012 Detroit Working Writers conference, it is time to put away the fiction manuscript and get going on all the million little details that will make this conference great. I hesitate to mention any of the negative emotions that a conference chair necessarily has to deal with–that is just part of…
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Writing Contest
I love entering writing competitions. In fact, I’m polishing up an entry for one today. I have written a draft, put it away for a week, taken another look, revised, polished, and after one last read this morning, I’m going to send it. I am done with the nail biting “Is it good enough? Will I…
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Look!!
Hey Michigan writers! Here’s your chance to attend a great conference with professionally published, award-winning authors leading 16 workshops! gift bags! keynote! breakfast and lunch! book sales and signings and more! And did I mention the writing competition? You don’t have to attend the conference to enter or to win, but wouldn’t it be fun? And if you do…
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Confessions of a Conference Junkie
I remember reading an essay by Anne Lamott in Salon years ago saying she felt horrible being paid to attend writing conferences where agents and editors and speakers all promised what she feels cannot be delivered: a book contract. My reaction to that, as a conference junkie from way back, was at first shock, then horror, then acceptance.…