March 6 2010 - Learn What it Takes to Write, Publish & Market Your Work

Aspiring writers who are ready to turn their talent into a paycheck can spend a day with successful published writers Mike Ball, Colleen Gleason, Pamela Gossiaux and Darci Hannah learning the tips of the trade and how to make their dreams a reality. Workshop speakers will share the ups and downs of their own journeys to publication, as well as lead attendees through hands-on writing exercises with time for critiques and discussion.

The Road To Published Conference faculty are all writers who have navigated the often difficult road to getting their work published - and that's where the name came from.

Ball is a nationally syndicated columnist and winner of the Erma Bombeck Award. His book, What I've Learned So Far…Part I: Bikes, Docks and Slush Nuggets was released in 2009.

Gleason is the well known author of the Gardella Vampire Chronicles, and has a new paranormal romance series under the pen name of Joss Ware. Both contracts are with major publishing houses.

Gossiaux is a motivational speaker and the author of Why Is There A Lemon In My Fruit Salad? - How To Stay Sweet When Life Turns Sour.

Hannah's book, The Exile of Sara Stevenson comes out in July. It is the first of a two-book deal with Ballentine/Random House.

Conference topics include:

- Breaking into the Writing Business

- Learn how to overcome procrastination

- Set a writing schedule that works

- Banish writer's block

- Write stronger and better prose

- Knowing your genre/niche

- Working Lunch and the Writer's Toolbox

- Writing your Query Letter

- Finding the right agent

- Researching your topic

- Public Relations and Marketing yourself

"The publishing industry is hard to break into, and no one has learned that lesson more thoroughly than myself," says Hannah, who received more than 150 rejection letters before getting her book contract. "Friends say, 'Wow, you're lucky!' Yes I am, but it wasn't all luck. I hope that by holding this workshop writers who may be discouraged by their lack of progress, or think it's impossible to break into the publishing industry, will learn that it's not impossible"

Registration is $75, or $65 Early Bird (before March 1). Go to http://roadtopublished.com/ for more information.