Excited for AWP 2020 in San Antonio. I’m doing a bunch of cool events with a bunch of cool people & drew up a single card w/ all the things I'm doing. It is nearly illegible but I doodled FOUR VAMPIRES on the margin.
The legible version is over here. And here’s a whole index card just for the “Worry About It Later” event:
If you’re in San Antonio for AWP this year, I’d love to see you! I posted what I’m doing it below, but I also added the events to the Events page.
F243. From Unpublished Writer to Book Deal: How to Finish Writing and Get a Book Deal, with Julia Fierro and Marie Myung-Ok Lee
Room 301, Henry B. González Convention Center, Ballroom Level
Friday, March 6, 2020
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
The road to a book deal seems so long. How do you find the mental space to be creative? How do you get that manuscript finished and once you do, then what? What should you do before approaching an agent? How do you know whom to approach and get one interested in you? Once you have an agent, what does the submission process look like? When does a book go to auction? How does a book advance work? This diverse group of successful writers with different publishing experiences offers their top tips.
R. 141. Worry about It Later: Strategies to Finish What You Start, with Christine Sneed, Sarah Kokernot, Kendra Fortmeyer, and Amy Gentry
Room 303, Henry B. González Convention Center, Ballroom Level
Thursday, March 5, 2020
9:00 am to 10:15 am
Starting is often the easy part—it’s what comes after that’s so difficult for many writers. In this panel, we’ll discuss strategies for completing the first draft, along with our experiences of sending out and eventually publishing work that in some cases went through many drafts. We’ll also discuss how to deal with self-doubt and how to write through potential problems. Lastly, we’ll share advice about when to set a project aside.