It's OVER!


WLT Conference: Final Score

Agents Queried: 5
Agents acepted: 3
Book propsals given out: 2/5
Business cards accepted: 6
Buiness cards given: 8
Meals paid for @ hotel: 0
Drinks paid for at hotel: 6
Forks: 21
Single day fork score: 16

Hours of sleep... don't ask.

I'll start posting some of the things I learned after I've had a while to rest and process the data...

Conference: Final day

Well, the conference is over. I got 2 agents who asked to see UHA (one of them took my proposal) and one just took a proposal. I also got some leads on other agents.

All in all, I was very pleased. I met a lot of new people, learned some great things, and have a few prospects to check into for the future.
Oh, and I didn't find out 'till the last day that my room dfirectly overlooks my Mom's old work, HealthSouth, where I used to hang out as a kid.

Gonna screw around the city a little, then head home and post a full update there.
Thanks for reading!

Day 2 :Part 2


So I've already learned a lot, much of which I plan to put into practice shortly. The seminars are great, with a lot of material I plan to sift through and post later, But so far the best one I've been to was the one about graphic novelry with Alan J. Porter, Tony Salvaggio, and Rick Klaw.


Basic Rundown: Nothing is concrete; every editor takes queries in a different way, manuscript formatting is not imperative, and self publishing can be a viable way of getting your work exposure.

But the allure is twofold for me--the graphic aspect and the challege. I'd done some research on graphic novels in the past and actually tried to write one of the scripts; its very difficult.

In other news, I had my agent meeting today with the very gracious Cameron McClure. I thought I had bombed when she told me how confused she was over my plotline, but she asked to see the first twenty pages (probably on account of my killer book proposal...).

Day 2: WLT



















Well, Day 2 is going a bit more smoothly. The seminars are good (I got a lot of good tips for this blog, as a matter of fact) and I finally got the internet thing fixed.


I'm up to seventeen forks now, and I've even spoken to some other authors and agents. Looking forward to my official consultation with Miss Cameron McClure at 2:55pm, So if you happen to look at the clock today adn notice that its around that time, toss back a beer for me. You know, I should really get some more liquor; this is supposed to be a vacation, after all...

More to come.

PS--
I've made a lot more videos during my hiatus, but this is the best one:

All the vocals are done by me. That's right, I can sing AND edit audio.

The WLT Coverage Begins!


Well, it's day one of the conference here at teh Sheraton Austin Hotel, and so far all I've managed to do is steal a fork. My personal computer won't work with internet due it being double booked wioth someone else's IP address. So posts may turn out to be dissappointing. I'm writing currently from a courtesy terminal in the lobby.



First impressions are not good. The "exhibition hall" is reminiscent of a high school job fair, only twice as depressing. Seven little tables with cheap graphics store banners and vanity press books. most of them are for vanity presses(I can't get too close, or else they'll talk to me, so I'm just assuming).



The cocktail party, in progress as I type this entry, features many fine appetizers but is full to bursting with people. And it's antisocial John all over again. I really should have seen this coming; It's just that I can't bring myself to speak to anyone. What do I say to them? I can't tell them about myself; I don't really want them to know anything, and I CERTAINLY don't want to hear their fucking shpiel about their boring ass self.

So whatever. Great way to waste $400. But I came here to unwind at the very least, so fuck it I'm going swimming.
*UPDATE: I just went back to the reception and stoel 2 more forks. I'm gonna return and see if I can get three, Like Jacks.
*UPDATE 2: I stole 3 and then four. I have a pocket full of nine forks. This is getting too easy. I'll have to find another way to keep myself amused. (Don't worry, I'm not gonna keep the forks. I'll leave them in my room when I check out; They don't match my flatware.)

Antebellum

You know, I started this blog with the intent of writing every day, and not caring whether people read it or not. Well, now I have a job that forces me to write every day and I'm using my blog for promotion, so it has turned out to be exactly the opposite of what it was intended to be.

That's not so bad a thing. Except that, in order to raise the quality of posts and make pictures and videos, I've had to spend more time on each, or at least, I've been pressuring myself to. But somewhere in the confusion I have let Malblogia slide into the realm of the forgotten. This is my first update in months.

But with the Literary conference tomorrow, I have a mission. Get UHA published (above, you se the cover sheet/ poster for my proposal, yay!) and I promised myself and my Freinds at Nanowrimo that I would provide coverage of hte event in as close an approximation to journalistic style as I can muster.

But we'll see how that turns out.

Anyway, sleep well Dark Paladin for tomorrow you die!