2019 Put Your Heart in a Book Conference
Published Author Network (PUB) Retreat
Friday, October 18, 3:30-5:45 p.m.
We invite all published authors (with a PAN or PUB designation on their conference badge) to join us on Friday afternoon for some thoughtful commentary and free-wheeling discussion about our lives and careers as writers. Enjoy a glass of wine, delicious chocolate covered pretzels and other snacks, and chat with your fellow authors and friends, while we talk about the publishing industry today, as well as any other topics that cross our minds. Please come and be welcome!
Published Author Retreat Speaker
Bestselling author Dee Davis has a master's degree in public administration. Prior to writing, she served as the director of two associations, wrote award-winning PSAs, did television and radio commercials, starred in the Seven Year Itch, taught college classes, and lobbied both the Texas Legislature and the US Congress.
Her first novel was published in 2000. Since then, among others, she’s won the RT Reviewers Choice, Booksellers Best, Golden Leaf, Texas Gold and Prism awards, and been nominated for the National Readers Choice Award and the Holt.
She was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Romance Writers and has also been nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Award for romantic suspense from Romantic Times. In addition, she is a Hall of Fame member of the New Jersey Romance Writers, a past President of RWA and was awarded an Odyssey Medal from Hendrix College.
Dee is the author of over thirty novels and novellas.
Her first novel was published in 2000. Since then, among others, she’s won the RT Reviewers Choice, Booksellers Best, Golden Leaf, Texas Gold and Prism awards, and been nominated for the National Readers Choice Award and the Holt.
She was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Romance Writers and has also been nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Award for romantic suspense from Romantic Times. In addition, she is a Hall of Fame member of the New Jersey Romance Writers, a past President of RWA and was awarded an Odyssey Medal from Hendrix College.
Dee is the author of over thirty novels and novellas.
Roundtable Discussions
WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO PROMOTE MY BOOKS?
Moderated by Bob Mayer
There are thousands of books being published each month! How do you make yours stand out and attract readers? Facebook, Twitter, Instagram—what’s best?
Moderated by Bob Mayer
There are thousands of books being published each month! How do you make yours stand out and attract readers? Facebook, Twitter, Instagram—what’s best?
SHOULD WE BE WRITING FASTER?
Moderated by Nancy Herkness
Publishers want more books in a shorter time frame. Some writers claim if we write more books per year, we’ll make a ton of money. Should we be writing faster, and how do we balance that with everything else we have to do?
Moderated by Nancy Herkness
Publishers want more books in a shorter time frame. Some writers claim if we write more books per year, we’ll make a ton of money. Should we be writing faster, and how do we balance that with everything else we have to do?
TRADITIONAL, SMALL PRESS, INDEPENDENT, OR HYBRID?
Moderated by Priscilla Oliveras
They’re all acceptable ways to publish today. How do we decide which way to go with our books?
Moderated by Priscilla Oliveras
They’re all acceptable ways to publish today. How do we decide which way to go with our books?
HOT TRENDS
Moderated by Nisha Sharma
What’s popular now? Should we follow the trends or ignore them? How do we twist a trend and make it our own?
Moderated by Nisha Sharma
What’s popular now? Should we follow the trends or ignore them? How do we twist a trend and make it our own?