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May 14, 2014

Special Guest Speaker No. 3; Inspiring Reader Confidence

Special Guest Speaker No. 3; Inspiring Reader Confidence

Special Guest Speaker No. 3; Inspiring Reader Confidence

Special Guest Speaker No. 3; Inspiring Reader Confidence

A refreshing mystery without a murder, Good Sam delivers on many fronts. The debut novel from Dete Meserve, it has earned the 2013 Reader’s Favorite Book Awards Gold Medal. Kirkus declared it, “[A] solid feel-good romance sparked with mystery.” And Barbara Schroeder (Beverly Hil[Click For The Rest...]
April 20, 2014

Settle For Exceptional; Break The Cycle Of Rejection

Settle For Exceptional; Break The Cycle Of Rejection

Settle For Exceptional; Break The Cycle Of Rejection

Settle For Exceptional; Break The Cycle Of Rejection

Selected a “Best Buzz Book” by PublishersLunch for Spring/Summer 2014, Isla Morley’s Above tells the story of a 16-year-old girl abducted and locked in an abandoned missile silo by a survivalist convinced the world is going to end. Booklist calls it, “[A] menac[Click For The Rest...]
February 26, 2014

Discounted Pre-registration Open; New SCWCer Books Out

Discounted Pre-registration Open; New SCWCer Books Out

Discounted Pre-registration Open; New SCWCer Books Out

Discounted Pre-registration Open; New SCWCer Books Out

Hot off our warm winter event in San Diego (“chance of cloud, tanning likely”), the debate that began opening evening at SD28—whether 50% length of a Kindle book is enough or 100% is too much—still rages. With our fall conference nearly seven months away, we’ll leave it open for discu[Click For The Rest...]
September 25, 2013

LA11 Awards, Conference Wrap, And Writers In The Garden

LA11 Awards, Conference Wrap, And Writers In The Garden

LA11 Awards, Conference Wrap, And Writers In The Garden

LA11 Awards, Conference Wrap, And Writers In The Garden

You really couldn't ask for a more perfect conference. Exceptional writers were found every which way you wandered, the weather was beautiful, and we introduced a shockingly new "Take an Agent Home" session that just might have to become a fixture. Most uncanny? The awesome guy pictur[Click For The Rest...]