October 24, 2009, 8:00am - 5:00pm
Join us for our second annual writers conference! Meet other writers, attend your choice of workshops, pitch to editors of The Wild Rose Press, and enjoy the day! Lunch is included in your entrance fee.
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Our keynote speakers are: Craig McDonald, mystery writer; Brenda Nixon, motivational speaker to adults with children; and Wild Rose Press editors, Nan Swanson and Mary Albright. (Read more about them.) They’ll all draw a crowd, so register early!
The editors will be taking pitches from romance authors interested in submitting to the Wild Rose Press or White Rose Publishing. See “Pitching Your Manuscript” if you’ve never met an editor or pitched to one before. The Wild Rose Press only publishes romance, so please make an appointment only if you are a romance writer and have a completed romance manuscript to pitch to them.
We’ll have goodie bags for everyone and will raffle fabulous items like books, gift certificates, and goodie baskets from local businesses, authors, and sponsors. Tickets are only $1 each or 6 for $5.
If you’re coming from out-of-town and will arrive on Friday night, the nearby Mansfield Holiday Inn, 116 Park Avenue West in downtown is available, call 419-525-6000. Other fine inns are nearby. If you come early, enjoy local attractions such as the restored carrousel at the Richland Carrousel Park and the historic Carrousel District’s many quaint shops and restaurants within a short distance of the hotel. Parking is available across the street from the carousel. You can visit Kingwood Center to enjoy their fall foliage color and fascinating greenhouses. Then, go to Main Street Books and have manager Katy Davis show you their cozy reading loft. She can show you books by local authors to take home as a souvenir of Mansfield or for a gift. And don’t forget the Squirrel’s Den, where owner LaDonna Secrist will show you her extraordinary flavored popcorn and other goodies!
Lunch will be provided by K & D Pizza with drinks provided by Richland Bank and Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Mansfield.
Published authors in many genres will be at our two book signings. Our first will be a public signing on Friday afternoon at Holly’s Book Rack, 1464 Lexington Avenue, Mansfield, Ohio, 44907, from 2:00pm to 5:00pm. The second will be after the conference, and the public is invited to it as well. For the after-conference signing, bring your list of their titles and cash, as each author will collect for their own sales. This will allow them to charge less than the cover price (if allowed), to help you enjoy their fiction and non-fiction treasures!
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