Stop Writing Alone: BookCon 2019

BookCon 2019 | The CliffNotes

Jun 6, 2019

BookCon 2019 came to the Javits Center in NYC on June 1st and 2nd and host Nicole Rivera was there. This week Nicole shares her big takeaways from the workshops and panels she attended, as well as some quick interview from the floor of the show. Check the show notes link share below for resources Nicole found this weekend.

Mentioned in this episode:

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BookCon https://www.bookcon.com/
Chandler Klang Smith http://www.chandlerklangsmith.com/
Shut Up & Write http://shutupwrite.com/
Winning Westeros Conference (Panel Description) from BookCon2019 https://www.bookexpoamerica.com/en/Sessions/75282/Winning-Westeros
WINNING WESTEROS by Max Brooks & ML Cavannaugh https://amzn.to/2HVVYpw
STRATEGY STRIKES BACK by Max Brooks https://amzn.to/2WjOlNM
For Fans, By Fans: A Fanfiction Addiction (Panel Description) from BookCon 2019 https://www.bookcon.com/en/Sessions/77412/For-Fans-By-Fans-Fanfiction-Addiction
Tochi Onyebuchi https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2155537/tochi-onyebuchi
Tochi’s Twitter https://twitter.com/TochiTrueStory?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Blade of the Immortal (Anime that inspired Tochi) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5084170/

Editorial Freelancers Association (efa) https://www.the-efa.org/
The Big Idea: Blake Crouch and Rob Hart (Panel Description) from BookCon2019 https://www.bookcon.com/en/Sessions/77243/The-Big-Idea-Blake-Crouch-Rob-Hart
RECURSION by Blake Crouch https://amzn.to/2InQmn1
THE WAREHOUSE by Rob Hart https://amzn.to/31g1R8X
NEW YORKED (ASH MCKENNA #1) by Rob Hart https://amzn.to/2K22Kwu
TAKE-OUT by Rob Hart https://amzn.to/2JZEoU3
Little Infinite https://littleinfinite.com/
Little Infinite Poetry Instagram https://www.instagram.com/littleinfinitepoetry/
New Voices in YA (Panel Description) from BookCon 2019 https://www.bookcon.com/en/Sessions/77241/New-Voices-in-YA
Couldn’t find “NovelingTeens” but I did find this https://www.readbrightly.com/6-great-websites-teen-writers/
Creative Writing MFA at The New School https://www.newschool.edu/public-engagement/mfa-creative-writing/
MFA in Writing at Vermont School of Arts https://vcfa.edu/programs/mfa-in-writing/
Pitchapalooza (Panel Description) frm BookCon 2019 https://www.bookcon.com/en/Sessions/77093/Pitchapalooza
The Book Doctors https://thebookdoctors.com/
THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO GETTING YOUR BOOK PUBLISHED https://amzn.to/2ETeGMM
Mixed Up Files of Middle Grade Authors https://www.fromthemixedupfiles.com/
NaNoWriMo Regions https://www.nanowrimo.org/regions
Rememory by The Storymatic (memoir prompt game/tool) https://amzn.to/2Wu0yEn
ISI by AnnaBeth Crittenden https://amzn.to/2Il97HQ
“Still Shy” by Nicole Rivera on Medium.com https://medium.com/@nvrivera.mail/still-shy-57ea48451ba4
Buy Nicole a coffee (AKA support the podcast!) https://ko-fi.com/stopwritingalone

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The Stop Writing Alone voice number (call to introduce yourself!): (646) 907-9607

The EVERYONE CAN PODCAST crew. Here’s a list of podcasts made by my classmates coming out of Cathy Heller’s ECP course. This is one inspiring, creative, and informative bunch:

And our teacher…

Don’t Keep Your Day Job https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-keep-your-day-job/id1191831035?mt=2