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.)
(That sweet baby in the picture is hers. Mine was hanging out in a stroller.)
