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Pennwriters Announces New Conference Keynote Susan Meier Due to unforeseen circumstances, Jonathan Maberry will not be joining us at the Pennwriters Conference in May. Susan Meier, author of more than 70 romance novels and co-founder of Pennwriters, will serve as our Thursday intensive instructor and Friday evening keynote. Susan will also be teaching two workshops: Taglines, Blurbs and Covers, and Keeping the Tension Alive in a Romance Novel. On Thursday, Susan will teach a full-day interactive class on writing the novel, geared towards novice and intermediate writers. This class will address several writing topics, as well as the differences between indie and traditional publishing (i.e. your publisher doing all the work vs. doing it yourself). She will also touch on advertising and promotion. During our keynote dinner on Friday, Susan will present “Why You’re One of the Luckiest People in the World.” A published author for more than 30 years, Susan Meier has written on everything from a manual typewriter to a personal computer. She’s learned social media, is dipping her toe into self-publishing, uses YouTube for research, and realizes that even though talent gives you a chance to express yourself, your career shouldn’t be left to chance. If you want to hear why you’re lucky from someone who’s published 70+ books, worked with five publishers, and is about to form her own publishing company to republish almost 30 reverted-rights books, Susan can tell you. She’s just about done it all; if she hasn’t, her friends have. And she might also tell you a few of publishing’s juicy little secrets—both Indie and Traditional.
Visit www.pennwriters.org for conference registration.