A new event for your diary: on June 8th and 9th, in London, The Literary Consultancy is holding a fab-sounding conference entitled The Literary Conference: Writing in the Digital Age.
I'm on a panel with Kate Mosse, chaired by Guardian literary editor, Claire Armitstead. This is an event I'm REALLY looking forward to! We're going to be talking about what the new publishing models and possibilities mean for authors, how everything is changing and how we can all make the most of it without losing sight of the important bit: writing a great book.
I'm also on a panel at the Cambridge Wordfest about how to get published, on Saturday 14th April. No link yet, but you can be sure I'll let you know.
Meanwhile, DO sign up to the June conference. The programme looks quite wonderful.
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Sigh - could you all come Downunder as well?
A second sigh from here. Looks wonderful but way beyond anything I could afford, and no option to pay for individual sessions.
It would be really good if more events, especially those that aim to be authoritative on digital possibilities for writers, were opened up as webinars for, say £5 a session, £10 for a limited number of interactive, question-asking spots.
I was tempted a lot by this but like Dan, I can't afford it; such is life.
One thing that confused me is in the blurb, where they are talking about PEN FACTOR: they mention seeing a synopsis of a fictional project ... I doubt there are many people who's projects are fictional (bit of a waste of time, I think!); surely they mean a fiction project?
Hi, Nicola, congrats on your new prize!
I'm wondering why you're moving from PC to Mac. Perhaps you'd like to use iBooks Author, Apple's brand-new free self-publishing app?
Hi David,
You are indeed correct! I can understand the potential confusion there... we'll tweak the wording to clear it up.
Thanks,
Jon
You're welcome, and glad I could help, Jon. :-)
To be honest, I hadn't noticed the cost. I'm guessing it has to be high because of the costs of putting the programme on and paying the speakers. I think the 50% discount off a critique would be a draw, as the TLC crits have a very good reputation.
Katalin - no. No way would I use the ibooksauthor tool! To be told I can only sell through Apple? Nope. Same reason I won't sign exclusivity with Amazon for the Kindle borrowing wheeze.
Hi
As Director of The Literary Consultancy can confirm speaker costs and production costs are high, but we are determined to put on the conference we think will make a difference to people who are writing and that means just going for it this time. Much of what we have done has been subsidised but this can't be.
We'd love to have live-streamed TLConference for a low fee, but costs are prohibitive (many thousands). We have a budget to make some short films and podcasts for those who can't attend and post on our site and associate's sites (The Literary Platform, for e.g.) And Commonwealth Writers will write up the event findings and put on their site - so I hope we can share with those overseas and those who can't afford!
We have some great new additions to the programme so if you want to keep in touch sign up to our newsletter via www.literaryconsultancy.co.uk
Also, the more we know and learn, the more we can help when people send us their work!
Best - Becky ps Delighted to have Nicola with us as she is so precise with her help
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