I want to share some of the details on the 2014 Missouri Writers' Guild Conference with you.
Mark your calendar now for the conference to be held in St Louis at the Ramada Plaza Hotel St. Louis Downtown at Convention Center, April 11-13, 2014.
Thus far, we have an impressive and exciting line-up of speakers, workshop leaders, agents, and publishers!
Here’s a sneak preview!
First up, Chuck Sambuchino, editor for Writers’ Digest books, the Guide to Literary Agents, and Children’s Writer’s and Illustrator’s Market,
as well as bestselling humor book writer. Sambuchino will present the Awards
Banquet keynote address on Saturday evening. Additionally, he will attend the
Friday nightcap sessions. He’ll also present three Saturday workshops, AND, sit in on one-on-one critique sessions on Friday for early bird attendees! Check out his
website at www.chucksambuchino dot com.
Award-winning author, Mary Buckham, will present our luncheon keynote. A highly
sought-after speaker and workshop leader, Ms. Buckham attributes her
international travels as a catalyst in writing her high-concept urban fantasy
and romantic suspense stories. In addition to her keynote address, she will attend
the Friday nightcap sessions, offer three Saturday workshops, and a Sunday
Master class. Check out her website: www.marybuckham dot com.
Margie
Lawson, author, psychologist, and instructor at Lawson’s Writer’s Academy
offers writing instruction on writing craft—from world building to blogging to
deep editing. She will attend the Friday nightcaps, and will present three
Saturday workshops in addition to a Sunday Master class. Her website is www.
margielawson dot com.
We also have several other agents and publishers who have
agreed to attend. As soon as details are firmed up, we’ll add them to our agent
line up.
Thus far,
agents Laura Biagi of Jean V.
Naggar Literary Agency in New York, and Ken
Sherman of Ken Sherman and Associates in Los Angeles have signed on. Each
will sit on the Slush Pile Reading panel, attend Nightcaps, present workshops, and
take pitches. Ken Sherman also will teach a Sunday Masters class.
Ms. Biagi’s
interests lay in literary fiction (dystopian and apocalyptic as well), magical
realism, cultural themes, and debut authors.
Also YA, middle grade, and picture books are on her “want” list. To
learn more about Ms. Biagi, visit www.jvnla dot com.
Ken Sherman
of Ken Sherman and Associates agency works with film, television and both
fiction and non-fiction book writers. Their agency also handles film and
television rights to books.
We think the 2014 conference is suiting up to be the
best yet!
Stay tuned for more conference news, agents, publishers!
