ASJA 41st Annual Conference: Writing Boot Camp

Thursday, January 12, 2012

ASJA's 41st Annual Writers Conference is Open for Registration!

Writing Bootcamp: Basic Training for Your Freelance Career

You'll be amazed at the breadth and depth and variety what we have planned for this amazing event. Speakers are still being added to fill out the schedule of 50+ sessions over two days. Multi-session tracks on Breaking In, Books, Craft, Marketing, Onlines, and Tech will help you dig into the nuts and bolts of successful freelance writing. Meet editors, publishers, agents, and bestselling authors; network with the best of the best. Learn from experts about the tools, techniques, skills and craft that can help you reach the next level--that's what it's all about

Where & When

The Roosevelt Hotel

45th Street at Madison Avenue

New York, New York

April 27-28, 2012

Registration is OPEN NOW

Pick the one day with sessions you can't resist, or save money on a combination package to take it all in. Our group rate at the Roosevelt Hotel makes it an affordable New York City weekend serious freelance writers can't afford to miss

Friday's Featured Luncheon Speaker: Gretchen Rubin

Bestselling author, columnist, and blogger Gretchen Rubin shares her personal recipe for success and happiness. Can you be a successful author and also love every word you write? Is there a way to balance promoting your brand while still finding time for your craft? How can aspiring authors navigate the new realities of publishing without losing their minds in the process? Rubin shares the answers to those questions and more in this interactive question and answer session.

Gretchen Rubin is the author of The Happiness Project, and the upcoming Happier at Home Through her website Happiness-Project.com, monthly newsletter, and Moment of Happiness daily email, she regularly reaches hundreds of thousands of readers and helps them create happiness projects of their own. Rubin also writes a monthly column for Good Housekeeping. and is the author of four other books: Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill, Forty Ways to Look at JFK, Power Money Fame Sex: A User's Guide, and Profane Waste (and she has three dreadful novels safely locked in a desk drawer).

Additional Conference Feature: Lynne S. Dumas Personal Mentoring Program

It's true: Mentoring can jump-start careers. "I went to that meeting as a longtime newspaper writer, with no clue how to pitch anything," said ASJA member Laura Beil. "I followed what I learned about query letters and pitching to editors. I just completed a story for the New York Times (which made it onto the front page!) and got a Reader's Digest query accepted right away."

Want a personal consultation with a professional? Named in memory of one of ASJA's most devoted mentors, the Lynne S. Dumas Personal Mentoring Program can make the difference for you. Add it on at registration and let us help move YOU in the right direction!

ASJA Educational Foundation 1501 Broadway New York, New York 10036 212-997-0947

Alexandra Owens

Executive Director

ASJA (American Society of Journalists and Authors)

New York, NY

212 997-0947

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