A WPN SPONSORED EVENT
Speakers and Program Announced for the Sixth Annual 805 Writers’ Conference in Ventura, California
Saturday sessions focus on the Business of Writing, and Sunday’s focus on the Craft of Writing. Additionally, the conference offers half-day workshops for fiction, narrative nonfiction/memoir, poetry, and writing articles for publication.
Early-bird discounts on registration are now available, but end August 31. Discounted hotel room rates are $149 a night.
Saturday Speakers and Topics:
Demystifying the Publishing World, with Zhena Muzyka, Enliven Books Publisher, an Atria/Simon & Schuster imprint
What Independent Publishers Want from New Writers, with Ms. Muzyka, Mark E. Cull of Red Hen Press, and Christopher Meeks of White Whiskers Books
Legally Speaking—What Writers Need to Know to Protect Themselves, with Dana Newman, Literary Attorney and Agent
Super Fans—The Secrets of Selling More Books, with Penny Sansevieri, best-selling author, NYU instructor, and CEO of Author Marketing Experts
How to Write the Grabber Query Letter, with Toni Lopopolo, literary agent, former executive editor at Macmillan and St. Martin’s Press, and writing instructor at Temple University
A beachside reception for all attendees and speakers follows this session.
Sunday Speakers and Topics:
Master Self-Editing: The Important Checkpoints for Fiction and Memoir, with Toni Lopopolo
The Magic of Editing: What Turns Writers into Authors, with Emily Heckman, former Simon & Schuster executive editor, now freelance editor and author
The Big Three of Fiction—Dialogue, Interior Monologue, and Narrative, with Shelly Lowenkopf, author of over 35 books, former executive editor, and 30-year Masters in Writing professor at USC and UCSB
The Swiss Army Knife: Tools for 21st-Century Writing—Toni Lopopolo and Shelly Lowenkopf
And a special keynote speaker, to be announced soon.
PLUS: Ask the Experts: a luncheon event included of full day and weekend passes where you join different speakers at the lunch; and Meet an Editor, free meetings with book editors to review your first ten pages and discuss their ideas to improve your writing.