4th Street Seminar: The Business of Writing
June 22, 2018— 10am to 3pm Central
DoubleTree by Hilton 1500 Park Place Blvd St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 get directions
Mary is helping to lead the Seminar before 4th Street Fantasy Con on June 22nd, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Register here.
The Seminar at 4th Street Fantasy is an opportunity for aspiring, neo-pro, and intermediate writers to hear about aspects of the speculative fiction industry from professionals who work in it. Ask questions, eat lunch with our panelists, and meet other emerging writers! This year our Seminar theme is The Business of Authoring. Discussion may include (amongst other possibilities) issues around contracts; being a debut author; self-publishing, Patreon/Drip, and being a ‘hybrid author’; games writing, freelancing, and tie-in writing; and all the other ways people make this business work (or fail to).
Previous Seminar leaders have included Holly Black, Lynne Thomas and Michael Damien Thomas, Marissa Lingen, and Elizabeth Bear, amongst many others.
This year’s Seminar leaders will include Max Gladstone (author of the Craft Sequence, most recently Ruin of Angels, and contributor to Bookburners Season 1 and 2), Mary Robinette Kowal (author of the Glamourist Histories, Ghost Talkers, and the forthcoming The Calculating Stars), Kelly McCullough (author of the WebMage and Fallen Blade series; School for Sidekicks; Magic, Madness, & Mischief; and the forthcoming Spirits, Spells, & Snark), and Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Editor-in-Chief at Tor Books and the fiction editorial director of Tor.com).
The Seminar takes place Friday morning from 10:00am to 3:00pm. Registration for the seminar is $50, and there are 40 spaces available on a first-come, first-served basis. Lunch is provided by the hotel and includes vegetarian and non-vegetarian options. Please email workshops@4thstreetfantasy.com if you have any specific food exclusions.
