Tag: Greater Los Angeles Writers Conference
The Greater Los Angeles Writers Conference
The Greater Los Angeles Writers Conference Two weeks ago, was the GLAWC, after which I was too brain-dead to write it up. The following week I wrote about Karl Lembke’s memorial. So now, here is my overview of the conference. This was the first in-person conference in over two years. […]
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My Brain Hurts
Setting up and tearing down conference rooms all through the three-day weekend at the Greater Los Angeles Writers Conference. PHYSICALLY TIRED. Stuffing my brain with writing knowledge. MENTALLY TIRED. Saying goodbye at Karl Lembkey’s memorial. EMOTIONALLY TIRED. Normal blog will return next Sunday. Dennis Amador Cherry 123rd blog completed. First […]
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Busy Weekend
It started Saturday morning at 6:00 am. I was on kitchen staff at church making breakfast burritos for the woman’s conference the way we make them at the men’s monthly breakfasts. Hey, women need burritos, too. Luckily, I’m ¼ Mexican, so I know how to wrap a burrito. After getting […]
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Two Paths
In GLAWS there is always a lot of talk about different paths to publishing: Traditional, Indi, Self-Publishing, Print-on-Demand, Kindle, etc. Ways of getting you work out there have become more diverse. Self-publishing used to be known as vanity publishing, but now it may be the right path for certain people. […]
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Stringing the Story Along
Thinking about the Writers Conference two weeks ago, I am reminded of something else I’m grateful to have learned about through GLAWS. But first, I need to backtrack a bit. Back when I was at the USC School of Cinema/Television, I took several screenwriting classes. Generally, they taught the way […]
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How do you get to Canterlot Hall?
Yesterday was the end of the Greater Los Angeles Writers Conference for 2021. One full weekend of panels, followed by a week of panels in the afternoon, followed by another Saturday of panels. Since we are still holding the conference on Zoom and not in person, this is the format […]
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Sometimes You have to let go – Even if They are Not Bananas.
My wife, Kris, in building her website business http://www.civicsitedesign.com/ (she does my website and is my IT department) has collected many books on entrepreneurship and self-improvement. One of them is “Letting go of Your Bananas: How to Become More Successful by Getting Rid of Everything Rotten in Your Life” by […]
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Another 15 Minutes of Fame, part two
The Digital Authors/BCX Writer Conference ended yesterday. It was eight days long, starting last Saturday and Sunday, during the weekdays in the evenings and most of yesterday. It can be exhausting, but it is well worth the education. I skipped some of the self-publishing panels since I decided long ago […]
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Another 15 Minutes of Fame, part one
I’ve been spending the weekend at the Digital Authors/BCX writers conference. While I didn’t moderate a panel this time around, I was a panelist on THINGS I WISH A PRO HAD TOLD ME WHEN I FIRST STARTED WRITING. Along with me were fellow GLAWS writers Marco Subias (Moderator), Brandie June, […]
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Here We Go Again
The next Writers Conference is just around the corner. Digital Authors & indie Publishing starts this Friday, November 6th, 2020. As the last one, it will run throughout the weekend, in the evenings all week long and conclude the following Saturday. That’s actually a lot of learning for your bucks. […]
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