I’m jumping on the ACFW Conference blog tour with a bonus Top 5 List this month!
We’ve all heard advice about the do’s and don’t's of writers conference etiquette. And all that advice is valuable. But I thought a few more items needed to be addressed. So here it is…
The top five things you should never, ever, ever tell an editor or agent at a writers conference:
5. [in one-on-one appointment] “This manuscript is my best work yet. Oh, and by the way, my mom wrote half of it.”
4. [to Amish fiction editor] “I don’t get all this Amish craze. Who gives a rip about bonnets and buggies?”
3. [at the lunch table] “You’ve got a strawberry seed the size of Russia between your teeth.”
2. [at the dinner table] “I came out of the womb with a pen in my hand. Wanna see pictures?”
1. [sliding proposal under agent's hotel room door at 6am] “Newspaper delivery!”
Have you made any embarrassing comments at a conference that you’re willing to share? How would you tell an editor or agent they have a strawberry seed between their teeth? And to those of you joining me in St. Louis, SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER! (Don’t worry…I’ll bring the dental floss.)
