I finished my second Writer's Weekend this past Saturday and Sunday. This is a small affair, which is one of its main attractions. It is, not surprisingly, also one of its potential flaws. After two years the workshops are starting to resemble themselves.
The good thing is that the quality of writers stays high and the unpublished to published writer ratio is great. I attend something like this for small gems, not the big bang.
If you have never attended a writing conference, this is a great one to get started. It does not intimidate and everyone is approachable. The main genre focus is fantasy, science fiction, and all sub genres of romance. While there is not a literary fiction focus, you will find other literary authors here and the core information for writing and getting published remains the same for all genres, even non-fiction.
Note, the quality of a blog does not indicate the quality of fiction writing! Blogs have the beauty of ignoring the bane of all writers: edit, re-edit, do a final edit, start editing over, throw it away and start again.
As new media continues to heat up some of my older ideas on startups for businesses for writers seem not just viable, but potentially over ripe for trying out.
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