This weekend I get to go to my third Houston area writer's conference.
The first writer's conference I went to I was sorely unimpressed. It featured a writer of historical romance, a lady from whom I had once taken a novel writing class. I left the class in mid-term. I should have left the conference in mid-stream.
The next writer's conference I attended was better. The featured speaker was David Liss, writer of historical mysteries. Much better presenter. Still, I wasn't too impressed. If not for Liss I would have counted it as 8 hours of wasted time.
Based on my past experiences I wasn't going to attend this Fall's conference, but there will be agents there. Thanks to my judging the local novel writing contest I have a free meeting with one of these agents. I've read that meeting an agent in person offers a far greater chance of success than query writing alone. I'm looking forward to it for this reason alone.
I'm sorry to say that if the agent meeting doesn't live up to its billing, I might just give up on conferences. The track record thus far is woeful.
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