Tomorrow I head home from the Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference, exhausted and exhilarated. I have made some great connections with agents and publishers and now I get to go home and do some hard work. I had two different industry professionals express interest in seeing more of my manuscript. I’m walking on air.
For those writers out there wondering whether or not conferences are worth the cost, the answer is YES. 100 percent — yes, yes, yes! I have learned more at these two visits to Mount Hermon than I have learned from any learn-to-write book or any class I’ve ever taken. You know how they say that the best way to learn a foreign language is to be immersed in it? That’s what conferences are for writers. You are immersed in the world of writing. You study the craft of writing, the business of writing and the ministry of writing. You make friends with future authors, current authors, agents and publishers.
Do you want to be a better writer? Do you want to take your writing to the next level? Do you want to learn what you need to do to get yourself published? Then, get thee to a conference. There are wonderful ones in almost every corner of the country.
And, who knows? Maybe, I’ll see you there!
Its really encouraging for you to have this time and I hope you stay encouraged! In a few weeks return to this post and re-read it just to remind yourself how it was!
You were such an encouragement for a first timer. Thanks for your kindness. It was so worth it. See you next year. I’m thinking and rehashing so much. So much to learn.
You are such a joy, Kathleen! And yes, it’s so hard coming off the mountain and maintaining this level of enthusiasm. I will need to keep coming back to these notes to remind myself! Thanks for stopping by, Kathleen and “Heckety.” 🙂
EASTER GREETINGS FROM THE OLD GEEZER
I PRAY YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WILL HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY CELEBRATING RESURRECTION SUNDAY.
HE IS RISEN!
GOD BLESS YOU, RON