Gearing up for 2025!
Greetings, one and all! As we awaken the lumbering Balrog-Mechs to begin preparations for 2025, here’s one question to start things off:
Thanks for a great Writers Cantina!
Many thanks to ALL involved in this year’s Writers Cantina — panelists, personnel, Jana the Food Guru, and all of the participants! The whole goal of the event is to physically bring writers of all skill and career levels together in one place (with snacks) and let the magic happen, and that goal was fulfilled …
Dates set for next year!
Thanks for all the support and input on the 2023 survey! WE have now reserves our space at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center for June 28-29, 2024 Save the date! Make sure you subscribe to the mailing list to find out when pre-registrations are available!
The 2023 Writers Cantina was a success!
Big thanks to all who supported and participated in this year’s “Issue #0” event! From where we were sitting, it was a great success for all involved. Whether you attended or not, please help us upgrade for next year by taking the survey below:
Last 24 hours for pre-registration!
Tomorrow afternoon — Thursday, July 6th — we’ll be closing down the pre-registration for Writers Cantina this Saturday, July 8th! Prices at the door will be $20 for anyone 13 and over, plus $5 for each child under 13. Save five bucks by registering now!
Available for purchase: Project Salamander
As promised — fresh off the digital presses, and available at Amazon! Stranded in Salt Lake City by bad weather, Attorney Owen Vail goes to sleep in the Airport Hilton. He wakes up in a different room. In a different city. In a different body. Swept up in the aftermath of a ruthless billionaire’s experiments, …
Reminders!
Reminder #1: At the WC presentation “Real-Time Reaction,” hear a pair of editors/acquisitions editors/publishers, Holli Anderson and D.J. Butler, share what immediately attracts their interest and what turns them off as they react on-the-spot to real query letters for fiction books, submitted anonymously by conference attendees. They will give their reactions to what they are reading, …
Unveiling (almost) the round-robin novel!
As a promo and fundraiser for Writers Cantina, a bunch of us from the informal “steering committee” have completed a short round-robin novel: one person writes a chapter, passes it to the next person who comes up with a chapter, etc. Yr obt. servant is in the midst of editing and harmonization of the final …
Real-Time Editor Reaction: Errata!
It takes several people working together to deliver a mistake this big! At the 2pm presentation “Real-Time Reaction,” hear a pair of editors/acquisitions editors/publishers, Holli Anderson and D.J. Butler, share what immediately attracts their interest and what turns them off as they react on-the-spot to real query letters for *fiction* books, submitted anonymously by conference …
Submit for the Real-Time Editor Reaction!
At the 2pm presentation “Real-Time Reaction,” hear a pair of editors/acquisitions editors/publishers, Holli Anderson and D.J. Butler, share what immediately attracts their interest and what turns them off as they react on-the-spot to real proposals for nonfiction books, submitted anonymously by conference attendees. They will give their reactions to what they are reading, both positive …