Networking at Writer's Conferences : From Contacts to Contracts

Use writer's conferences to establish career-making contacts withagents, editors, and other writers

Veteran writers and editors Steven and Lee Spratt offer savvyadvice on using writer's conferences as your primary networkingtool. They'll help you make strong and lasting connections withagents, editors, and other writers by showing you how to:
* Present yourself as a professional in any situation, even ifyou've never sold a word
* Follow up on new contacts to get the most out of every lead
* Find and evaluate hundreds of writer's conferences and workshopsthroughout the country
* Abide by the rules of publishing protocol when sending out queryletters, proposals, and manuscripts
* Transform you're conference contacts into book contracts

With this essential guide, you'll make and keep the importantconnections that are a vital part of every professional writer'slife.

STEVEN D. SPRATT and LEE G. SPRATT have been partners, writers, editors, and teachers for over a decade. For the past three years, they have taught a class in Portland, Oregon, called "Writing Marketable Fiction."They speak regularly at writer's conferences and workshops on the subjects of networking, writing effectively, and marketing.