Comments on: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 9: Conventions You Should Be Attending

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Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:24:42 +0000

[...] podcast talks about several conventions, what they are for, and how they can help you. http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/07/26/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-9-attending-conventions-pa…References : http://www.timewastersguide.com/ http://www.ltue.org/LTUE2011.html [...]

By: Eliyanna

Eliyanna — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:09:14 +0000

Thanks for the links, guys!

By: John Brown

John Brown — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:17:04 +0000

BTW, SFWA has a number of good articles on networking here: http://www.sfwasite.org/category/networking-and-self-promotion/

By: Mike Barker

Mike Barker — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:04:00 +0000

Another guide to cons that I stumbled over while trying to check spellings (Barbiecon? Barbacon? Bubonicon? Bubbacon? What did they say?) http://writing.shawguides.com/
Might be helpful.

By: John Brown

John Brown — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:27:40 +0000

@Eliyanna,

I just wrote up some thoughts on a way to figure out precisely which cons you should attend and have a good time regardless of their reputation or type. It got too long so I made a post out of it on my site. Hope it helps.

By: John Brown – the author’s official site » Blog Archive » Which cons should an aspiring author attend?

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:25:06 +0000

[...] Writing Excuses recently held a great podcast listing the types of events aspiring authors might w…–conventions, conferences, workshops, expos, etc. But knowing the types still doesn’t tell you which events to go to. [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:02:57 +0000

I am so geeked for this podcast and the next! Thank you guys for such a terrific resource.

By: Howard Tayler

Howard Tayler — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:23:27 +0000

@Eliyanna: Locus has a helpful starting-point for you – http://www.locusmag.com/Conventions.html

It isn’t a complete list, but it’s definitely a place where you can start asking the right questions.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:51:34 +0000

Great stuff, very helpful!

I’ve been wondering about this for a while. I’d always heard that cons can be good to attend for aspiring writers, but never could figure out what I should be looking for.

Looks like World Fantasy Con is really close by for me. Awesome!

By: Mike Barker

Mike Barker — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:39:17 +0000

and yet another transcript…

http://mbarker.livejournal.com/119961.html