Portable Writer's Conference Your Guide to Getting Published

This is the only "portable" writers' conference. The contributors are all experts in their particular field in the publishing industry. Interest in writers' conferences, with over 400 presented across the nation annually, is growing. Collectively, the editor and the 47 contributors present workshops or talks on writing and publishing over 200 times a year, making exposure for this book both continuous and extensive. Includes a thorough, annotated resources section listing writers' associations, magazines and other publications for writers, World Wide Web sites for writers, books on writing and publishing, sample magazine and book publishers' guidelines, software for writers and other helpful resources. Learn from the pros: How to write short stories that sell. How to write love scenes that sizzle. Proper manuscript format. How to write a query letter. How to get a literary agent. How to write a book proposal. How to sell everything you write. How to break into magazines. How to use humor. What it takes to become a columnist. How to develop your novel's characters. When and how to use dialogue. What makes a plot work. How to use your geneology in fiction. How to add color to your prose. How apply the old adage "show don't tell." What you need to know about copyright. ....and plenty more!Mettee, Stephen Blake is the author of 'Portable Writer's Conference Your Guide to Getting Published' with ISBN 9781884956577 and ISBN 1884956572.