{"id":369,"date":"2011-10-19T14:42:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T20:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/?p=369"},"modified":"2011-10-19T14:42:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T20:42:12","slug":"avondale-writers-conference-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/?p=369","title":{"rendered":"Avondale Writers Conference 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October has been a whirlwind, some of it fun and some of it not so much.  I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s already more than half over.  I&#8217;ve already posted some pictures from my Changing Hands Bookstore event with Mara Purl, which was entirely wonderful.  Then just this past Monday, I was privileged to speak to a fantastic group of women from the Brandeis University Readers Group at the Barnes &#038; Noble on 90th Street &#038; Shea Blvd up in Scottsdale, AZ.  There were over 50 women in attendance, a wonderful audience, and I had a tremendous time.  I didn&#8217;t take any pictures while I was up there, but Don did take a pic of me in the outfit I wore.  To wit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Brandeis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Brandeis-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-370\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You know, while I&#8217;m at it, I have another image from the Changing Hands gig that I want to show you, Dear Reader.  This will give you an idea how great the bookstore is:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/changing-hand-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/changing-hand-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-371\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now.  There is one event left for the month of October.  On Oct 29, I will be presenting my How to Commit Murder Mystery Writing Seminar from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the 2nd Annual Avondale Writers Conference.  The conference will be held at the Avondale City Hall,  11465 Civic Center Drive, Avondale, AZ. <\/p>\n<p>This is going to be a great conference.  Besides my seminar on mystery writing, there will be sessions on plotting, characterization, how to get published, how to write a query letter, editing, e-publishing, creating web sites, even a session on the 3 deadly sins that will keep you from being published.  One can also make an appointment to speak to an actual literary agent.<\/p>\n<p>Below is information from the conference site:<br \/>\n<strong>Last year&#8217;s Conference was a 100% SELL-OUT!<\/strong> This year\u2019s Conference is sure to be as well.  Like last year, only 250 attendee seats are available, and they are filling fast!<br \/>\n<strong>Keynote Speaker<\/strong> mystery writer Laura DiSilverio will deliver our Keynote, and this is a speech you don&#8217;t want to miss!<br \/>\n<strong>Meet an agent!<\/strong>  Four agents have committed so what an opportunity to pitch your work! (Limited availability; special registration required.)<br \/>\n<strong>Practical, how-to, and hands-on sessions! <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Agents Panel<\/strong> &#8212; hear what they look for, and what they want!<br \/>\n<strong>Enroll your kids!<\/strong>  This year there is a concurrent Young Writers Conference (ages 7-17) with amazing content that will fire their imagination while teaching essential skills.<\/p>\n<p>Want to find out more? Get all the skinny and enroll at the conference web site<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/avondalewritersconference.com\">http:\/\/avondalewritersconference.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October has been a whirlwind, some of it fun and some of it not so much. I can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s already more than half over. I&#8217;ve already posted some pictures from my Changing Hands Bookstore event with Mara Purl, which was entirely wonderful. 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