by Kristin A. Oakley | Jul 6, 2026 | Conferences, For Writers, Newsletter
Last year, Deborah King asked me to be one of the two All-Genre instructors at the amazing Novel-in-Progress Bookcamp. Years before, I had presented a workshop on characters and sat on a publishing panel. But being an instructor meant teaching an eighty-minute...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Jul 6, 2025 | Books and Movies, Conferences, For Readers, For Writers, Newsletter, Writing Life
Kristin celebrating with her new neighbors June was a whirlwind of “life getting in the way” of writing, making me neglect both my book and newsletter. Buying and moving into a brand new condo will do that to you. But my daughter and I have finished...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Feb 16, 2024 | Conferences, For Writers, Newsletter
Last November, I attended the 20Books Vegas Conference, and it was quite a whirlwind. This was the first writers’ conference I attended where 90% of the sessions concentrated on business and 10% discussed craft. With over 2,000 attendees, it was the largest in...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Apr 1, 2022 | Conferences, Newsletter
Two weekends ago, I attended the Chicago Writers Association Let’s Just Write! An Uncommon Writers Conference at the Warwick Allerton Hotel. This conference was ready to go in March of 2020 when the world shut down. It was postponed to September of 2020, then to...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Nov 14, 2020 | Conferences, Newsletter
Last weekend, I attended the Writer’s Digest Annual and Novel Writing Conferences from the comfort of my home in Madison, Wisconsin. I like my place, but I would have preferred meeting agents, editors, and other writers in New York City at in-person events. Yet,...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Sep 13, 2020 | Conferences, Newsletter, Writing Life
Throughout your life, you experience life-changing events — your graduation, the first day of your dream job, your wedding, the birth of your child, traveling abroad, grandchildren, and more. Your career might offer you life-changing opportunities as well. As a...
