Epic Secrets! (and a Giveaway)
Okay, so if you follow me on twitter, you’ve probably been hearing about the super secret project a few of us have been talking about. (Okay, maybe we were intentionally building buzz by being all mysterious–but I would NEVER admit that.)
It’s time to reveal the secret, and since it’s an epic project, we decided it needed an EPIC announcement–which totally involved me dressing like a superhero and wearing a blanket as a cape… but at least I didn’t have to eat bacon!
The six of us: me, Elana Johnson, Casey McCormick, Shannon Messenger and Lisa and Laura Roecker, (along with Jennifer Stayrook—goddess of all things web design) are organizing a free online writer’s conference for kidlit writers!!! (Go check out their blogs because they are giving things away today, too!)
We’d all heard our friends tell us how much they wish they could go to a writer’s conference, and since we’re all about paying it forward, we decided to build our own. And so, WriteOnCon was born—rated MC-18 (main characters 18 and under).
When: August 10-12, 2010
Where: http://writeoncon.com/
Here’s a taste of some of the amazing agents/authors/editors who’ve already signed on: Mary Kole, Catherine Drayton, Steven Malk, Michelle Andelman, Suzie Townsend, Mark McVeigh, Joanna Stampfel-Volpe, Kathleen Ortiz, Lindsay Eland, Dan Ehrenhaft, Mandy Hubbard, Lindsey Leavitt, Josh Berk, Anica Rissi, Jodi Meadows—and there will be many more to come.
But before you go—to help spread the word—we’re all having giveaways!
I’m givi
ng away Josh Berk’s The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin. Josh is actually going to do a livestream chat at our conference! Yaay Josh!
How to enter:
Just comment below! (You have until Wednesday night at midnight CST)
For Extra Entries:
(Don’t forget to leave a separate comment for each one!)
Tweet about this contest
Post of Link this contest on your blog/website/facebook
Post the conference Countdown Widget on your blog or website
Follow the co-organizers blogs or websites
blogged: http://lchardesty.blogspot.com/2010/06/monday-mayhem-and-winners.html
You guys are so awesomesauce!
Jamie, I know you’ve been talking about this conference, but I had NO IDEA it was going to be such an AWESOMEBOMB!
So awesome. Just sprinted over from Shannon and E’s blogs. Oh, I think I just saw that yellow chicken crossing over to my neighbors lawn.
I blogged at http://margoberendsen.blogspot.com/2010/06/flag-day-and-awesome-writeoncon.html
I tweeted at http://twitter.com/writerWyoming
You guys are amazing for braving the vlog and for brainstorming this conference. I will SO be there!
You guys are AWESOME!!!
Just tweeted.
Found you at Elana’s. Following everyone. This is great!
Yeah!!! Thank you for this opportunity.
Found you at Elana’s too. You guys rock!!!
You guys rock for doing this. I linked it on my website.
You guys are amazing. Sounds like a FAB conference and I love spreading writer love:
I follow all the conference organizers
I tweeted it
I posted a link to my blog/website
I added the widget
Um…I didn’t want to overload your comment section with each thing, so I’ll check back to see if someone else starts it. 😉
What an awesome idea! I am one of those people wishing to go to a writers conference…I will definitely be there!
Sounds great! Marking the date as I type and tweeting!
Thanks,
Courtney
Great contest!
I Follow each of the gals doing this with you.
I tweeted it.
I facebooked it.
I posted a link to my Blog &
I added the widget.
(Do you really want a separate comment for each of these? I’ll check back later to see what you think)
I’d love to win!
i did it all! tweet, blog, facebook, follow everyone, etc cant wait to be a part of your awesomeness 😉
Follow all of you all!
(Do you really want separate comments for all this?)
Posted the widget too!
Oh cool thanks! I’ve been wanting to go to a writer’s conference! Thanks for the contest too.
^_^
L-O-V-E this idea. OMG.
What a great idea! Found you at Elana’s. You guys are awesome!
I’d love to win. I’ve heard such good things about this book.
And that’s for organizing the awesome conference.