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Hello Fellow Writers!
It’s registration time for Pikes Peak Writers Conference – “Wordstock ’23: 3 Days of Peace, Love & Writing!”
Join me there for my workshop And…ACTION! Fighting and Fight Scenes 101 and see me on stage as the conference emcee. The crew putting this together are second to none.
Check out all the info below.
Links embedded to help you navigate our conference website and registration.
Keynotes:
We are thrilled to have amazing keynotes this year!
- Kindlepreneur CEO Dave Chesson
- New York Times Bestseller Robert Crais
- Multi-RITA award winner & RWA Hall-of-Famer Barbara O’Neal
And equally thrilled to announce our Featured Author is USA Today Bestseller Siera London.
For more information about our faculty, our nearly complete list is up and can be found here.
Workshops:
This year, we decided to offer four tracks.
A more concentrated group of workshops to help you get more out of conference.
- Lots of traditional publishing info.
- Lots of indie info
- Lots of pro panels
- Lots of everything you need to be successful in your career!
For more on the workshop offerings and programming, click here.
Recordings
Half of the conference will be recorded and available for purchase as an add on to your conference fee, or if you can’t attend in person, you can purchase those workshops outright.
One-Day Only
If you’re not up for the whole weekend, but still want the experience of conference, join us Thursday for the Prequel.
Three tracks:
- Masters level with John DeDakis
- Beginners with Chris Mandeville
- Indie skills like plotting, project management and editing with Benjamin Wretlind, Marie Whittaker and Pam McCutcheon
Extras:
As always we have Write Drunk, Edit Sober – a great opportunity to collab, improv and work on your craft.
We also have Pitch Appointments with acquiring editors, agents and publishers.
And Read & Critique – the opportunity to have your work read and critiqued by a pro.
Writers Lounge
For the first time, we’re offering a Writer’s Lounge.
Debby Brewer will host you in a space designed just for you.
Lounge on our comfy chairs and sofas, or confab at the table.
Write, read, scroll, snooze, recharge.
Once in the morning and once in the afternoon, you can even sign up to meet in small groups with one of our industry pros.
Ask all the questions you want. Get real answers.
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We are super excited for 2023’s conference, and hope you are too!
