Good Lord, we’re one week away! Instead of adding another blog post on prepping for the conference, I thought I’d do a round-up of posts to help you get ready:
Packing
- July 2013 Packing Tips Part 1
- Jami Gold’s The Mega-Huge Ultimate RWA Packing List
- Erin Knightley’s How to Pack For Nationals
- My post on packing: RWA Countdown: Why Packing for a Trip is like Writing–Do It with Purpose or It Can Cost You
- Tracy Hewitt Meyer’s RWA Annual Conference Packing List
What to expect
- Jen on: What Should You Expect Going to a Writers Conference #RWA13
- My post: RWA Countdown: Getting the most out of RWA–Some Tips for Newbies
- Vicky Dreiling’s RWA Conference – Tips
- Lisa Lin’s My Top Five Tips for First-Timers Going to RWA
- Sonja Foust’s 11 Things I Learned at RWA National Conference
- Donna Alward’s Getting Down to Business: Conference Etiquette
Planning
- Countdown to the RWA Conference – Part II – How to Schedule and What to Bring
- Marilyn Puett’s What Should I Wear to the RWA Conference?
Pitching
- Heather Thurmeier’s RWA National Conference Pitching Tips!
- Jennifer Tanner’s Perfect Your Pitch – Perfect Your Style
- My post: Agent Pitch Prep Tip: Make Dossiers
- My post: Pitching at a Conference? Set Fire to the Rain!
Atlanta specific
- Jennifer McQuiston’s Atlanta during the 2013 RWA Conference: Random thoughts from ITP (ITP is Atlanta lingo for Inside the Perimeter, which is the geographic space encompassed by I-285)
- My post on the Marriott Marquis which included this link to floor plans for the hotel
- Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau’s website on things to do and their 50 fun thing list
- Nearby eats:
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Thanks for mentioning my blog post!
You’re welcome!
This is a fabulous list of posts and websites. They will come in handy this weekend when I’m packing and finalizing my schedule. Looking forward to seeing you, roomie!! 🙂
Thank you! See you soon, roomie! 🙂
Thanks for the cross-link Angela!
You’re welcome!
Love how you’ve combined all the other posts for our viewing! Thank you, Angela!
Thank you so much for this post. This will be my first conference so I found the information very helpful.
Yay I’m glad!
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Lots of good links here….