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2012 Missouri Writers' Guild Conference |
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Write Time, Write Place, Write Now! |
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Conference Contact: Tricia Sanders Email: mwgconferenceinfo@gmail.com |
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Keynote Speakers |
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Claire Cook wrote her first novel in her minivan outside her daughter's swim practice at 45. At 50, she walked the red carpet at the Hollywood adaptation of her second novel, Must Love Dogs, starring Diane Lane and John Cusack. She's now the bestselling author of 8 novels, including Best Staged Plans and Seven Year Switch, with a 9th, The Family Dance, to be published by Simon & Schuster Touchstone in June 2012. She has been the grand prize and fiction winner of The Beach Book Festival Award, a finalist for the Thurber Humor Prize, a judge for the Family Circle fiction contest, and has given keynotes and taught workshops across the country. Find out more at ClaireCook.com and follow her on Facebook and Twitter. |
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Luncheon Keynote Claire Cook |
Luncheon Keynote Topic—ReinventionClaire shares her own reinvention story and shares reinventions for this rapidly changing world. |
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Banquet Keynote Christina Katz Photo credit—Mark Bennington |
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Banquet Keynote topic —
Never a better time to be a writer No doubt over the course of the conference, you will hear some pretty heavy doom and gloom predictions about publishing. But don’t despair. The best path to becoming a successful writer today is the one that embraces all paths. I will paint a bigger, more optimistic picture for enterprising writers who are willing to dive in, hang tough, and stay in the game for the long haul. |
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Christina Katz is the author of three books from Writer’s Digest: The Writer’s Workout, Get Known Before the Book Deal, and Writer Mama. Her writing career tips and parenting advice appear regularly in national, regional, and online publications. A popular speaker on career growth, Christina presents at writing conferences such as AWP, ASJA, PNWA, OWFI, and Willamette Writers. She is also often featured at literary events, MFA writing programs, and libraries. Christina is the creator and host of the Northwest Author Series in Wilsonville, Oregon, where she lives with her husband, her daughter, and far too many pets. FMI: christinakatz.com |