Writer’s Conferences – are they for YOU?

What, leave the house?

You see conferences posted all the time, and a lot of them just seem like a way to separate you from your money. And pry you out of your writer hole to interact with other human beings.

The horror.

Occasionally, though, there are some good conferences that are worth attending.

We’ve discussed other author events, like book fairs and whether they are right for you, HERE

https://savvystories.wordpress.com/2015/01/13/should-you-participate-in-a-book-fair-three-points-to-consider/

I went to the Florida Writer’s Association “mini conference” Saturday in Orlando. I’d never gone to anything like that before, and I had no idea what to expect.

Well, that’s exactly not true. I’d been to conferences for work lots of times; I just never went to a conference about writing. That, I tended to learn on line. Why would I need to go sit all day in a classroom? With, you know, people?

About twenty minutes…