Sunday, February 13, 2011

Storymakers: Share the Love

LDStorymakers

I am a member of a fantastic group known as the LDS Storymakers. Every spring, they host a great conference held in Utah where writers and fans can come and soak up two days of intense knowledge about the art of writing. I attended it for the first time last year and was blown away. I had just joined the organization and, quite frankly, hadn't heard about it until my book was about to come out. I wasn't sure if I wanted to join any groups, but I decided it wouldn't hurt to try it out for a while. All I can say is that I'm hooked. The other members of Storymakers are excellent people who are very free with advice and help for a newby author. If any of you are interested in writing and are anywhere near Utah, I strongly advise you to check this conference out. You can find more info here: http://ldstorymakers.com/conference_2011.php

Also, if you do plan to attend, they are having a "Share the Love" contest this month. If you do some of the things I'm doing here, you are entered for a chance to have dinner at the conference with authors James Dashner and Larry Brooks, as well as editors and agents such as Sarah Crowe, Marcia Markland, and Becca Stumpf. Oh, and the grand prize winner gets a 30 page manuscript review by Sara Megibow. You can get more information here: http://ldstorymakerauthors.blogspot.com/2011/02/show-your-love.html

1 comment:

Berin Stephens said...

I thought I should post here that I DID win this contest. I got to sit at a table with Larry Brooks, author of Story Engineering, and a couple of agents and an editor from New York. All in all, pretty groovy.