Liberty State Fictions Writers Conference is coming up March 23, 2024!

Join us on March 23, 2024, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Hamilton, New Jersey for the 13th Annual Liberty States Fiction Writers Conference. This is a great opportunity for published and aspiring authors to network and learn from a fantastic line-up of industry professionals. The conference will feature a dozen workshops that cover various aspects of writing including craft, business, promotion, and indie-publishing. Don’t miss out on a full days of education and networking. Visit our website for more info and to register!

Happy Swingin’ Holidays!

Here’s to a wonderful <Insert your favorite early winter celebration>, because we sure as heck need it. I would sincerely like everyone to take it down a notch and go imbibe your favorite relaxant, be it moonshine, a tot of Jameson, a toke, a nice cuppa, or a pair of Twinkies but PLEASE! ENOUGH ALREADY! I mean what the what! Let’s all hope–NO–demand a better 2024 because sincerely, we deserve it.

Now excuse me while I pour myself a nice, tall hard cider and dive face-first into a bowl of ripple tater chips. With onion dip. of course.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!

Pearl Street Press, based in New Haven, CT and edited by Lisa Siedlarz and Vivian Shipley, is seeking submissions from all perspectives on the many challenges of menopause. Submit up to 3 poems (not to exceed 6 pages) and essays (not to exceed 1,000 words) for their debut publication Rising from the Ashes. Email submissions as a single Word document to PearlStPress@gmail.com. Please include a short bio. The submission deadline is January 31, 2024. There is no reading fee.

Liberty States Fictions Writers Annual Conference is March 23, 2024

Mark Your Calendar for the
13th Anniversary
Liberty States Fiction
Writers Conference
March 23, 2024

Hilton Garden Inn, Hamilton, NJ


Liberty States Fiction Writers 13th Annual Conference will feature a line-up of more published authors and industry professionals who will share their expertise and experience. Located at the Hilton Garden Inn in Hamilton, New Jersey, we offer a full day of education and networking for those who are published or want to be published. Workshops will focus on craft, business, promotion and indie-publishing. Love to write? Want to get published? Join us on March 23, 2024.

Liberty States Fiction Writers is now accepting Workshop Proposals for its 2024 Conference

We are now accepting workshop proposals for the 2024 Liberty States Fiction Writers Conference on March 23, 2024. Submit your proposals here no later than September 30, 2023. Looking for craft and industry proposals, so get them in!

A New Direction

I heard somewhere in order to stay fresh and current, you need to reinvent yourself every ten years. I also read awhile ago it takes ten years or 10,000 hours to become a master at anything. Well, I’ve done both–invested both the hours and the years, plus more. So now it’s time to start the reinvention. And I’m starting by writing something new and moving on from what got me to where I am now.  And that begins with my representation.

I know the search engines would like to to remain where I was but to them I’m like–sweethearts, no matter what you say I’m overruling you right here. I’ve left my long-time literary agency, and not because they’ve done me egregious, but because I’m moving in a different direction and that’s not their forte. But look, I’m grateful for all the time and effort they put into me to make me a better writer. The time wasn’t wasted because I am.

So to those agencies visiting this as I begin my search, call me on it. If you have my query letter, ask to see more. Make me prove myself. I’m up to it and anything you can toss at me.

So let’s begin.

Seriously Snark