tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815414794482894114.post1094855341173121608..comments2023-10-10T07:04:37.427-07:00Comments on Breaking the Silence: A Writing ConferenceLGBT Voiceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04588389608055410787noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815414794482894114.post-5099162211285710852012-06-08T06:28:30.416-07:002012-06-08T06:28:30.416-07:00Yeah. It's an expensive conference. But it'...Yeah. It's an expensive conference. But it's a week long and there are a ton of writers plus two editors and two agents who come. It's a big deal. <br /><br />I'm much better at writing fiction than I am nonfiction, but I probably enjoy writing nonfiction a lot more. :)TA Demingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208290063433622691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815414794482894114.post-23321453531301862392012-06-07T03:03:14.289-07:002012-06-07T03:03:14.289-07:00$120? Ouch.
Uh.....since I don't read YA....m...$120? Ouch.<br /><br />Uh.....since I don't read YA....maybe it won't be a good fit....they don't need my drama.<br /><br />In response to your comment, I always enjoy having the fiction writers in my class write nonfiction and see how truly liberating it can be.<br /><br />good luckLarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12632123456804564429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815414794482894114.post-78384833425548560742012-06-04T17:18:02.007-07:002012-06-04T17:18:02.007-07:00hmmm. no. But depressing and cynical nonfiction ab...hmmm. no. But depressing and cynical nonfiction about incurable mental illness can easily be turned into a YA novel. That's all teens are these days anyway. I, for one, wouldn't mind having you in my class, but it might be a little bit of a shock to the rest of the class to read nonfiction--fiction writers are all about hiding behind the "fake" aspect of things so they don't have to own up to their own mental illnesses. :)TA Demingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208290063433622691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815414794482894114.post-11672530728698906032012-06-04T17:12:24.168-07:002012-06-04T17:12:24.168-07:00I'm guessing depressing and cynical nonfiction...I'm guessing depressing and cynical nonfiction about incurable mental illness probably wouldn't be a good fit at this conference?Larahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12632123456804564429noreply@blogger.com