Convention Tip#4 – Sit Up Front
AKA It's Not That Bad
In school, if given the choice, few students want to sit in the front row. At a convention, it’s the best place to be.
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Agent Appreciation Day
AKA Agent Research
Kody Keplinger, the 18 year old author of The Duff which will come out in Fall 2010, has declared December 11th the unoffical Agent Appreciation Day.
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Act Like a Professional
AKA Common Sense
People within an industry treat each other with respect. They are there to do business, which, when done well, benefits all parties involved.
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Make Time for an Online Chat
AKA Talking with Your Fingers
I just spent the past hour with author Shannon K. Butcher, Jia Gayles from the Knight Agency, and over thirty other people in an online chat.
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How To Find Authors On Twitter
AKA Start with the Obvious
I follow a lot of authors, agents, publishers, and other people related to writing on Twitter. Finding their Twitter name so I could follow them in the first place isn’t too difficult.
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Why I Like Twitter
AKA Follow Me, Unfollow Me, It's All Okay
I’m sure you’ve heard a lot out about Twitter. It’s an online social networking website where you sign up for an account, and then say what you want to say in 140 characters or less.
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What is an Author’s Platform?
AKA They Assume You Already Know This
At the 2009 DFW Writers’ Workshop Conference, an agent mentioned it was important to him that the author have a platform. This was the first time I had heard that word (platform) used when speaking of publishing. I heard it again this weekend at Bob Mayer’s Warrior Writer workshop.
