{"id":2382,"date":"2018-09-05T05:52:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T19:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/?p=2382"},"modified":"2018-09-05T05:52:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T19:22:47","slug":"writers-conference-report-how-i-got-ripped-to-shreds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamaragrantham.com\/StagingSite\/writers-conference-report-how-i-got-ripped-to-shreds\/","title":{"rendered":"Writer&#8217;s Conference Report (How I Got Ripped to SHREDS!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every author goes through rejection. Many. Many. Many. Times. Even after you&#8217;ve published 11 books. I should know. It happened to me at the writer&#8217;s conference just this weekend. But before I get into that, let me tell you about all the good things that happened:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have the most awesome writing friends in the world! I&#8217;m blessed to be surrounded by super supportive people. I would name them all but I&#8217;m always afraid of leaving someone out, so I&#8217;ll just say that I got to see many of my writer buddies at the conference, and it&#8217;s such a blessing to have them in my life.<\/li>\n<li>I attended some fantastic classes. Every time I think I already know everything there is to know about writing, I&#8217;m proven wrong. I especially enjoyed a class taught by author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/6517991.T_C_Miller\">TC Miller<\/a> who talked about book signings and selling books, which is an area I needed help with, so it was very helpful to me.<\/li>\n<li>I got to teach two great classes. They were so much fun. I love to teach, but I don&#8217;t get to do it as often as I like, so this was so fun for me to do. I&#8217;m hoping my attendees learned something. Teaching my Writing Medical KnowHow with author and ER doctor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/5443616.Gary_D_Conrad\">Gary Conrad<\/a> was a blast, and I don&#8217;t think anyone walked away from that class not having learned something.<\/li>\n<li>I got to spend time with my awesome author friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/7935013.Sabrina_A_Fish\">Sabrina A. Fish<\/a>. We have so much fun when we&#8217;re together, and it&#8217;s fun to be with someone who gets me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And here&#8217;s where I got a taste of humble pie:<\/p>\n<p>I attended the pitch slam, and I submitted my pitch. Oh boy. For those who don&#8217;t know, a pitch slam is where several agents read your pitch to a group of people, then they tear it to shreds. Let me just start by saying that no one&#8217;s pitch went through the slam unscathed. There were no &#8220;perfect pitches.&#8221; Everyone got critiqued. But that was actually a good thing. It meant I knew where to improve. Still. Ouch.<\/p>\n<p>I knew the pitch was rough. I&#8217;d only been working on it for a few weeks, which isn&#8217;t nearly long enough. I haven&#8217;t even edited the book I was submitting it for, which is why I wasn&#8217;t pitching the book in the first place. But I wasn&#8217;t expecting the criticism I got. That just shows me.<\/p>\n<p>Guess I&#8217;ll know better next time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every author goes through rejection. Many. Many. Many. Times. Even after you&#8217;ve published 11 books. I should know. It happened to me at the writer&#8217;s conference just this weekend. 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