Sleuthfest: Save the dates... February 26-28, 2010

Sleuthfest is the 3-day writing event put on by the Florida Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America. The 2010 conference is scheduled for February 26-28, 2010, at the Hilton Deerfield Beach/Boca Raton. Thursday February 25, 2010 is designated Third Degree Thursday. It's an optional workshop.

This year the Guests of Honor are David Morrell and Stephen J. Cannell. You can read about them here. They will be speaking at the conference. In addition, there will be speakers on many topics of interest to mystery writers as well as agents and editors.

For more information, visit their website at http://www.mwaflorida.org/sleuthfest.htm

Space Coast Writers' Guild sponsors From Pen to Pixels

This writers' conference is scheduled for January 29 to 30, 2010 at the Holiday Inn Oceanfront in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Two full days of special workshops for all genres. Publishing tips from traditional to electronic e-books. Creative innovations for fiction and non-fiction, authors and aspiring authors, plus much more.

Author Davis Bunn and Debra Dixon. Publicity expert Bella Stander, Writer's Digest editor Jessica Strawser and many more. See http://www.scwg.org/ for more details.

Florida Christian Writers Conference

The Florida Christian Writers Conference is scheduled for March 4th through 7th, 2010. It is the 23rd annual conference. It will be held at the Lake Yale Conference Center hear Leesburg, Florida.

The conference includes panels concentrating on fiction, non-fiction, children's writing, writing for magazines, agents and authors. The faculty of the conference is made up of freelance writers, agents, and editors. The emphasis of the conference is on mentoring and helping attendees with their manuscripts. Their website describes the event at designed to "be inspirational, instructive, and provide marketing opportunities for every level of writing skill, beginner through advanced."

For complete information, visit the conference website at http://www.flwriters.org/index.html