March 22, 2022
What You Missed
by Samantha Hoffman
Two long years and two weeks ago we postponed Let's Just Write! An Uncommon Writers Conference. Then we postponed it again and then again. Finally, this past Saturday, writers gathered for a weekend of craft and conversation and networking and learning and camaraderie and laughs and food and drink... It was an electric and exhausting two days.
If you missed it, put it on your calendar for next year. March 25-26, 2023.
Two of my (many) favorite lines at the conference:
Toneal Jackson in her session on editing: "It's called self-publishing because it's your self that does all the work."
At the small press panel, when asked what's the most surprising thing about publishing, Rick Kaempfer from Eckhartz Press said, "I guess the thing that surpised me most was how emotional I felt the first time I handed our first author their first book. Seeing the look on his face, tears in his eyes...well, that's what this is all about."
Writer, editor, artist, personal assistant, private chef, runner (8-time marathoner), film and theatre buff, traveler… Author of What More Could You Wish For (St. Martin’s Press).
V.P. of the Chicago Writers Association, Executive Director of Let’s Just Write! An Uncommon Writers Conference.
Visit me at www.samanthahoffman.com
Read my latest short story, Only One Syllable, published by Hypertext Magazine.
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Michael martino on Tuesday, March 22, 2022
I enjoyed speaking with members of the writers board about both of my Books. Especially with Dan Burns who advised me on the upcoming book fair. I already have spoke with my publishers that copies of my books will be available. I also enjoyed speaking with Elizabeth Weterly about her book and how fast it sold
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Della Leavitt on Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Through the uncertainties of these pandemic years, I admire how Samantha Hoffman and her team persevered to host a meaningful 2022 conference at Chicago’s historic Allerton hotel.
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John Manos on Tuesday, March 22, 2022
It was an excellent gathering in general and - best of all, for an editor and publisher - enlightening. Thanks for letting us be a part of it.
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Cathleen M. Johnson on Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Samantha—It was a great conference, and it was so exciting to be back in the presence of wonderful talent and REAL PEOPLE! Everyone was so excited and happy to be back—so many smiles on everyone’s faces! I’m so glad I wa able to get in at the last minute—I feel bad for the person who had to cancel that opened a spot for me—I was the lucky one!
Hope you get some well-earned rest this week—you did a yeoman’s job pulling—and keeping—this all together!
Cathleen