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I've paged through the whole New York Write to Pitch 2022 website and it's stunning, succinct, and does a great job of highlighting all the stuff that the event offers writers. And btw, has anyone heard that Neff is putting together a kindle e-book that combines all the novel development and prose ...

There was the disturbed fellow who butted his noggin into the elevator door to relieve his frustration at no one wanting his novel. Then we had the vampire Goth creature who chased Neff into the bathroom and threatened a couple of editors. What else? I'll think on it. I was in the group with Rosema...

You know, so so many of the freelance editors out there are either academics, failed authors, or former editors with publishing houses. In the case of academics they don't believe in writing to a market, which makes them useless if you are writing a genre novel. Failed authors are limited in their v...

Since when did you get so witty? I'm not obsessed with it, Char. The bimbo eruptions are too many even if they are only twice a year.

Just had to stop by and post this. A woman scorned went into ballistic overdrive on Algonkian and Michael. Apparently, she was rejected from the pitch conference. Laurence O'Bryan noticed it and was shocked. He made a post in support. Michael followed, then me. I've never read a bigger load of ravin...

RLmacallister wrote:Thank you, golden lads and lasses.

Algonkian is not Squaw Valley. Algonkian is not like a Writer's Digest conference, or like any other big conference event. Algonkian is also not like Tin House or Bread Loaf or any of the feel good writer retreats. Just so you know.

Elizabeth wrote:I wouldn't even be close to being close to getting published without them since they were the only writers conference that gave it to me straight.

Just wanted to affirm this also. Not even close.

I was there too, Robert!