2012 Writer's Digest Conference

Friday, January 20th, 2012 Printable agenda

3:00pm - 4:00pm	Registration [More Info]
4:00pm - 4:50pm	Writing About Yourself in the Digital Age [More Info]
5:00pm - 5:50pm	Writing the 21st Century Novel [More Info]
6:00pm - 6:50pm	Pitch Perfect [More Info]

Saturday, January 21st, 2012 Printable agenda

7:00am - 9:00am	Registration [More Info]
9:00am - 9:50am	Panel: Ask the Editor (Fiction) [More Info]	E-Publishing 101: The Major Services, How They Work, and What You Have to Provide [More Info]	Becoming an Author Entrepreneur: The Business of Being a Writer and Building Your Platform [More Info]
10:00am - 10:50am	Panel: Ask the Agents [More Info]	Mailbox Full of Money: Micro-publish Your Way from Beginning to Book Deal [More Info]	What Your Teachers Didn't Teach You and How to Escape What They Did [More Info]
11:00am - 11:50am	Seven Secrets of Successful Self-Published Authors [More Info]	Marketing for the Promotionally-Challenged Author [More Info]	Conflict & Suspense: How to Keep Readers Turning Pages in Any Genre [More Info]
12:00pm - 12:50pm	Lunch (included)
1:00pm - 1:50pm	Keynote Address: The New World Of Publishing, And What It Means For You. [More Info]
2:00pm - 5:00pm	Pitch Slam [More Info]

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012 Printable agenda

9:00am - 9:50am	Panel: Navigating the World of Self Publishing [More Info]	Panel: Hardcore Author Marketing - What to Do to Rise Above in the Digital Age [More Info]	How to Blog a Book [More Info]
10:00am - 10:50am	Panel: Ask the Editor (Non Fiction) [More Info]	Writing and Selling Your Memoir [More Info]	Making Good Ideas Great [More Info]
11:00am - 11:50am	Kidlit Craft and Trends: How to Publish Middle Grade and YA in Today's Hot Children's Market [More Info]	The First 50 Pages (and Why Getting Them Right is the Key to Your Success) [More Info]	How to Make Money with Your Writing (Even when the Economy Sucks) [More Info]
12:00pm - 12:50pm	Closing Address: The Drive to Write [More Info]
3:00pm-7:00pm	Bootcamp Session #1: How to Make A Living as A Freelance Writer(Additional Fees Apply) [More Info]
3:00pm-7:00pm	Bootcamp Session #2: Plot vs Character - A More Powerful Approach to Writing Great Fiction(Additional Fees Apply) [More Info]

January 20th - 22nd, 2012 Sheraton New York Hotel

Pitch Slam

The 2012 Pitch Slam has been re-designed to maximize your face time with agents and minimize your time in line.

More Time
Shorter Lines
More Rooms
More Agents (60+)

Author Book Signings

This just in! The The Writer’s Digest Conference will be hosting a book signing during Saturday’s lunch break, including many of your favorite speakers. From 12:00 to 12:50 PM, Saturday, January 21st, you’ll be able to pick up the latest books from James Scott Bell, Barry Eisler, Chris Baty, Christina Katz, Paula Balzer, Chuck Sambuchino, Jeff Gerke, Holly Payne, I.J. Schecter and more!

Win Tickets to see a Broadway Show at WDC!

Enter to win tickets** at this year's conference to see a great new Broadway comedy about writing - Seminar. Seminar is the provocative new comedy from Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa Rebeck (Mauritius), directed by Obie Award winner Sam Gold (Circle Mirror Transformation). International stage and screen star Alan Rickman (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, the Harry Potter film series) returns to the Broadway stage for the first time since his Tony® nominated turn in Private Lives. Joining him in the cast are Tony® nominee Lily Rabe (The Merchant of Venice), Drama Desk nominee Hamish Linklater (Twelfth Night, The New Adventures of Old Christine), Jerry O'Connell (Jerry Maguire, Stand By Me) and Hettienne Park (Tony Kushner’s The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide...).

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**Only registered attendees of the 2012 Writer's Digest Conference are eligible to enter. All entries to be received onsite at the 2012 WDC. Must be present to win. Contest ends Sunday, January 22, 2012

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