Spend a weekend focused on writing at the Tenaya Lodge. The Yosemite Writers Conference will feature top book and magazine editors from Tor Books, HarperCollins, Bon Appetit, VIA, Red Hen Press and DreamTime Publishing, as well as literary agents, a writing competition--and fun.
Topics include: Young adult, women's fiction, thrillers, memoir, food, literary, travel, poetry, nonfiction books and a special two-hour workshop, Navigating Your Writing Career by New York literary agent June Clark.
2007 Keynote Speaker: Steve Yarbrough
2007 Partial speakers list: Editors Susan Chang (Tor Books), Farrin Jacobs (HarperCollins), Brenda Knight (Weiser Books) Meg Bertini(DreamTime Publishing), Steve Mettee (Word Dancer Press); Agents June Clark (Peter Rubie Agency) Katharine Sands (Sara Jane Freymann Agency), Irene Webb (Irene Webb Agency), Jeffrey McGraw (The August Agency). Plus, a special "How to Pitch Us" panel, "Sharpen Your Hooks,"( where you read your leads), Peoples' Choice reading and award and much more.
Editors, publishers, literary agents. 2007: Includes editors Meg Bertini, Kate Gale, Susan Chang; agents Katharine Sands, June Clark, Jeffrey McGraw; authors Steve Yarbrough, Nick Belardes, Hallie Ephron, Bonnie Hearn Hill, Sheree Petree, Cindy Wathen.
Costs
$370 earlybird ($380 regular, $390 late). Tenaya Lodge $189/night; list of nearby hotels & restaurants available.
