Why Investing in Your Writing Career is a Good Idea
BLOGGER: B.J. TAYLOR
Editorial Representative, Guideposts Magazine
Teaching an Afternoon Workshop, Reviewing Pre-Conference Manuscripts and meeting with writers at the 2016 Mount Hermon Christian Writers’ Conference, March 18-22.
WHY INVESTING IN YOUR WRITING CAREER IS A GOOD IDEA
“The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.” – Thomas J. Watson
The Mount Hermon Writers Conference has ideas, enthusiasm and more!
l Choose from a variety of classes (all at the same place).
l Meet many other writers (think writer’s group/critique group potential).
l Touch base with editors and agents (think sales down the road).
Benjamin Franklin said: “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” When I first started attending the Mount Hermon conferences, I was a newbie writer with a few small successes in publication. I kept coming back, year after year, and learned more and more, and today, well, I’d credit a great deal of my success to attending those conferences (adding in a lot of perseverance and a lot of work on my writing skills).
Do you want to change the world with your writing? Steve Jobs said, “…The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” Be one of those people. And if it scares you to think of attending a conference where there are hundreds of people, just remember this from John Wayne, “Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.”
Investing in your writing career by attending a conference is important because it’s the place where you can hone your skills, listen to other writers talk about how they succeed, and make a plan for yourself on how to be successful and make money with your writing. And making money isn’t a bad thing. Selling what you write helps to offset the money you invest.
When thinking about where to come up with the funds needed for the conference, take it from Steve Martin who said, “I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink. An electric dog polisher. A gasoline powered turtleneck sweater. And, of course, I bought some dumb stuff, too.” lol Like Steve Martin, I’ve bought dumb stuff, too, but I’ve learned to put priority on what I need, and that’s the infusion of ideas and enthusiasm that Mount Hermon brings.
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” Lao Tzu
Take that step of investment in your writing career. I’d love to see you at Mount Hermon in March.
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Come meet B.J. Taylor at the 43rd annual Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference, March 18-22, 2016.
