Women Create Media 2011

Our inaugural conference is slated for August 4, 2011 in San Diego. Things are shaping up to be amazing- the talent and expertise our speakers are bringing to the table is awe-inspiring, and I can’t wait to start naming names.

Space will be limited to 150 attendees to deliver a truly intimate learning space. Please check back for registration information in January, 2011.

Women Create Media exists to empower writers in the digital age.

We seek to:

1. Create a place where women can own and explore their vocation as writers.

2. Equip women with the knowledge to navigate the traditional publishing world with confidence.

3. Build a diverse network of women writers whose connections and experiences can enhance each other’s.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Agenda:

The conference begins at 8:30 am with breakfast, general session keynote by an amazing woman I adore, and know you will too. I pumped my fist in the air and whooped when she said yes- can’t wait to tell you who, cause I KNOW she’ll start us off on the right foot.

At 9:30, we’ll break into 4 tracks: Non-Fiction, Fiction, Magazine Writing, and Getting Started.

Topics will be a mix of business, pitching, work flow, and keeping tight- identifying your writing targets and hitting them. The constant underlying threads are owning your voice, treating yourself like the professional writer you are, and evading monkey mind- that trickster of self-doubt and inertia that thwarts so many.

We’ll have a mid-morning break and snack, re-group for one breakout session, then general session lunch.

Lunch will be a “Movable Feast”- each table will have a published writer, editor, agent, or publishing brand representative. They’ll be static. Each course of lunch involves everyone else moving to the next table, to create a variety of connections and conversations.

We’ll have 2 more breakout sessions, followed by an afternoon snack/networking break.

Then we’ll reconvene in the general session to our closing keynote and intent collage creation. Nothing says fun like glue sticks and scissors. This session will be led by one of my most valued writing teachers and intuitive leaders, Elizabeth Merrick.

After tearing up some magazines and setting some intentions, we’ll have an hour-long cocktail reception, to watch the sunset and mull over the rest of our writing careers and the path you just claimed or re-affirmed.