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
But for the life of me I cannot figure out how to get your widget on my WindowsLive Blog . But I did put it on my igoogle page. But I don’t think that counts. That is why I need the extra point. But anyway as you can see I replied with a comment for each different activity as requested.
I’m following all you ladies on twitter so therefore your blogs.
I posted a link on my blog as you can see below.
Wow! I am excited. I opened a twitter account just so I can tweet about this. Does that give me two points? I’m @portalwriter.
Wow–this is going to be amazing! i am psyched. 🙂
I’ve heard such great things about this book!
Posted the widget on my blog.
Wow, what an awesome idea!
Kudos to you guys for organizing such an awesome event.
This book looks great, and I’m so excited for the online conference!
Totally excited, thanks Ladies! I’ve posted to twitter, FB, emailed my crit group, and blogged. Looks like sooo much good stuff. Thanks for doing this!
Totally awesome ladies! Thank you!
Bouncing around from writeoncon blog to writeoncon blog. This is such a fantastic idea! Thank you!
I now follow Casey McCormick’s blog.
Posted a link to the contest (writeoncon.com) on my blog.
I posted the countdown widget on my blog.
I really like your blog! I’m a new author and have enjoyed this new experience. I find that it’s the most difficult and most rewarding. I’m also a graphic designer and love having that creative outlet as well.
Thanks for your post! I will be back for more updates. 🙂
Melissa Nielsen
frommysomewhatseriousmind.blogspot.com http://www.printhis.biz
Woot! on the conference. I’ve been waiting for online conferences. Kudos on filling a need. Although, it’s a heap of work, and it doesn’t have to be free to attend. Just sayin’.
Definitely an awesome idea! I can’t wait. Enter me for the book, too 🙂
Wonderful idea. Looking forward to August.
I’ve posted this on my blog, too!
I tweeted and followed. Can’t wait for the conference – great idea ladies.
You girls are filled with awesome. I can’t wait!
Ok this sounds so cool. I’ve very excited about it.
Thanks. I was thinking about asking someone to do this. You read my mind. So glad it’s really happening.
blogged, commented, tweeted. Yeah! Please let me win
blogged, tweated, commented =) I need to win, need to need to.