April AMA with KJ: Anything, plus conferences, lit fests and more fun
Ask me anything--but also, I'm thinking about how to make the most of a conference etc
Hey kids, got questions? About writing, stickers, blueprint, structure, queries… you name it, I’ll answer it (or haul someone in here who can)—but as it happens, what I’m thinking about today are writing conferences and literary festivals, in part because as I’m answering y’all, I’m also off to the Newburyport Literary Festival, where I’m on a panel with my friends Amy Poeppel and Namrata Patel who BECAME my friends at that very festival, when, full disclosure, we bonded over the incredibly bro nature of one of the featured panels, which involved two men who were apparently auditioning to replace @thatguyfromyourmfa, once a beloved satirical Twitter account.
It’s a wonderful festival (and not normally a festival of masculinity at all, that was an extra special year) made more wonderful, for me, by the fact that I prepared—which I have also done for every single conference I’ve ever attended, and it has paid off.
How?