Writers' conferences are so valuable. Some of the best Utah
Valley ones are coming up in the next several months.
I just finished registering for the LDS Storymakers conference
that’s going to be in Provo in May. I entered the drawing for a manuscript
consultation with an editor, kind of assuming there was no way I would get it
since I never “win” anything. To my surprise, I found out this weekend that I
did get lucky this time, and I need to have 10 pages of my newly-finished
manuscript perfectly polished by the beginning of March so that an editor from
a publishing company can look it over and critique it.
Ensue panic.
Probably I should do my best to have my whole manuscript
polished by May just for the tiny chance this editor will ask to see it. This doesn’t
help my panic.
But in the end, this will be great because it forces me to
really get my MS edited and consult with the experts that are available to me
and force down my pride and my fear and fix those dang things that need fixing.
The value of writers' conferences in general is often that
they kick me back into gear. When I’m feeling myself in a lull or when I’m even
a little bit ready to just give up, writers' conferences get me excited again. In
this case, it’s even giving me a deadline to work for with my manuscript. That
alone will be so helpful.
So, I’m excited. This writers' conference is already doing
its thing.
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