This weekend, I’m attending a kidlit writing conference, and
the beauty of it is that I don’t even need to leave the comfort of my own home!
WriteOnCon is an annual online conference split over an event-packed three
days. There are a mix of blog posts, Q&A sessions, workshops, discussions
and pitch events all geared towards kidlit writers (anyone can attend, though, as a lot of advice will be universal). There’s still time to
register, and there are different tiers of attendance, depending
on your requirements. This year, I’ve gone for Extended Admission, which gives
me access to the full material for a month after the conference has ended –
plenty of time to catch up on events I may have missed during the conference
itself (there are only so many hours in the weekend, after all!)
The
forums are up and running, and you can polish your Twitter
pitches, queries and the first 500 words of your manuscript with the aid of fellow
writers. There’s even a ‘Supers’ district where agents, editors and
professional writers might drop by to give feedback.
I’ve earmarked several events in the
schedule I definitely
want to attend, and I’ve also thrown my hat into the ring for feedback on my
query in one of the live pitching events.
It’s going to be a helpful (but intense!) weekend – hope to ‘see’
you there!
