http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KarenDionne/ Read EXTRA articles and opinions on writing and publishing on STET! - the Backspace blog en-us 2012-01-26T13:19:37+00:00 Publishers Marketplace 2012 Backspace Writers Conference - May 24-26, 2012 - NYC hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00:00+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/images/PM_rssimg.gif http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/ http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KarenDionne/index.html#20120126081925 This year, in addition to our small-group workshops on Thursday, Backspace is offering pre-scheduled 10-minute one-on-one editorial critique sessions with select literary agents on Friday, May 25. Participating agents include: Jeff Kleinman (Folio Literary Management), Janet Reid (FinePrint Literary Management), Kristin Nelson (Nelson Literary Agency), Katharine Sands (Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency), and Josh Getzler (Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency). These sessions will run ... 2012 Backspace Writers Conference - May 24-26, 2012 - NYC 2012-01-26T13:19:25+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KarenDionne/index.html#20120124192244 On Friday, May 25, Colleen Lindsay, former literary agent and community manager for Book Country, Lauren Cerand, publicist, and Dan Blank, founder of WeGrowMedia.com will present the following workshop: The Writer as Marketer: Using Social Media and Digital Tools to Build a Platform, Connect with Readers and Grow Your Community Online These days, it isn’t enough to just write a compelling novel. Agents and editors are looking for writers who are also engaging potential readers ... 2012 Backspace Writers Conference - May 24-26, 2012 - NYC 2012-01-25T00:22:44+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KarenDionne/index.html#20111229152444 If the Internet seemed slow on Christmas Sunday, it might have been because around the world, literally millions of new e-reader owners spent a fair part of the day downloading e-books. It’s too early to know exactly how many e-readers were sold this year as holiday gifts. But on December 5, Amazon announced that its customers had been purchasing Kindles at the rate of more than 1 million per week -- for three straight weeks. Barnes & Noble was expected take delivery on 1.1 million Nook ... 2012 Backspace Writers Conference - May 24-26, 2012 - NYC 2011-12-29T20:24:44+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KarenDionne/index.html#20111207091700 REGISTER NOW for early discounted savings! Keynote Speaker Lauren Baratz-Logsted, multi-published author of children's, young adult, and adult fiction Workshop Instructors Donald Maass, President, Donald Maass Literary Agency - "Writing the Breakout Novel" David L. Robbins, bestselling author of 9 novels; creative writing instructor, the College of William and Mary Katharine Sands, Sarah Jane Freymann Agency - "Making the Perfect Pitch: How to Catch a Literary Agent's Eye" Literary Agents ... 2012 Backspace Writers Conference - May 24-26, 2012 - NYC 2011-12-07T14:17:00+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KarenDionne/index.html#20111112075631 But don't take OUR word for it! Here are links to a few blog posts made by seminar attendees: Backspace, Part I: SHOW, DON'T TELL Excerpt: Here's the #1 thing I took away from Backspace Writers Conference: Show, don't tell is real life. Oh, yes. Yes it is. Here's a simple application: I could tell you how amazing Backspace was. I could rant about the friendly people; the constructive, energized atmosphere; the amount I learned; the confidence it gave me in my knowledge of the industry and ... 2012 Backspace Writers Conference - May 24-26, 2012 - NYC 2011-11-12T12:56:31+00:00 http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KarenDionne/index.html#20100624104629 Backspace began in April 2004, before the days of social network sites like Facebook and Myspace, back when writers were just discovering the Internet as a means to connect with other writers. Co-founders Christopher Graham and Karen Dionne met at a public online writers discussion forum, where they saw a tremendous amount of potential in interacting with other talented, serious, up-and-coming writers. But because the site wasn't moderated, they often had to wade through pages of useless ... 2012 Backspace Writers Conference - May 24-26, 2012 - NYC 2010-06-24T14:46:29+00:00