It’s official, the amazing organizers for the Spring Book Show and Writers’ Conference were told that the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta is off limits until the tornado damage is repaired. So rather than throw in the towel and cancel the event, they have found a new venue. Please join us at the Hilton Atlanta at 255 Courtland Street NE in Atlanta for the Spring Book Show and Conference March 28-30. Sign up at http://www.anvilpub.net/spring_seminar_2.htm
You can also sign up at the door. I’ll be leading a 3-hour seminar Saturday morning (March 29) from 9 to noon and I’m speaking on the 2 Secrets to Publishing Success for an hour at 2 that afternoon. All of this and the gigantic book show will take place at the Hilton Atlanta at 255 Courtland Street NE.
For those of you living and writing in Nashville, I’ll be at Borders West End Monday night, March 31 at 7. Again, my topic will be 2 Secrets to Publishing Success.
If you are new to or about to enter into the world of publishing—or if you have a published book that isn’t doing all that well in the marketplace, you won’t want to miss this presentation.
I get the question often from clients and colleagues, “When will you be speaking in my area?†I’d love to come and speak to writers and hopeful authors in your city. Just ask.
I’m usually busy writing, promoting my books and working with clients. This is how I spend my days. With our pending trip, however, which includes 3 events (one in Atlanta and two in Nashville), as well as some sight-seeing and visiting with friends along the way, I’m busy in a different way. We’re on countdown for our 11-day trip, so I’m involved in travel preparation. PLUS, we’ve invited 20+ people over for Easter brunch on Sunday and I’ve been taking time to spruce up the yard and plan the menu. I’ll be shopping, cooking and entertaining most of the weekend. Consequently, something has to give and I’m afraid that all of this will affect the blog.
While I will continue adding to my blog during these next busy two and a half weeks, it may not be every day and the entries may not be as in depth. Those of you who have come to depend on my blog for writing/publishing support and sustenance, I appreciate your interest and I will do my best to continue along this vein—time permitting.
In the meantime, come along with me and enjoy my journey.
This trip is a rarity for me. I usually travel several times each year to conference venues, but it is a matter of landing at the closest airport, taking a taxi or shuttle to the conference site—usually a hotel—and spending two days giving presentations, networking with authors and hopeful authors, attending the presentations of others, etc. Then I take the shuttle or taxi back to the airport and fly home. I don’t get to see the area except the part between the airport and the hotel. This year is different. This year, I’ve coerced Dennis into joining me for some of my gigs and we’ve planned to do some traveling between events. It just happened that I got an invitation to a publishers’ retreat in Nashville a week after the conference in Atlanta. Dennis has friends in Nashville. So after we are finished in Atlanta, we will rent a car and drive to Nashville and experience a part of the country we’ve never seen before. As I said, I’ll take you along with me. Hopefully, you, too, will enjoy the ride.
In the meantime, we have a housesitter who will keep the cats company and the flowers watered. All is well at the moment, despite the horrendous tornado that hit in the center of our plans (and those of many others) in Atlanta.
If you are an author or plan to be, order my book today—this is one decision you will not regret. The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book, $19.95.
http://www.matilijapress.com/rightway.html
And keep an eye out for my announcement—any day now, I hope—for my new ebook The Author’s Repair Kit. This is a book designed to heal your publishing mistakes and breathe new life into your stalled or faltering book. The book is completed. I’m just waiting for my webmaster to install it at my website. http://www.matilijapress.com