Both years, I utilized the early conference sign-up and entered the Rupert Hughes Prose Writing Contest. In 1999, I attended the Friday night Benefit Dinner. Both years, I stayed at the Outrigger Wailea. I m signed up, and have booked my room and my flights. The MWC is an excellent conference for writers, especially those who have completed work but have not submitted to publishers.
Agented authors can benefit by making new contacts.
If I were well-published, I d be there to establish contacts for teaching courses or speaking at other conferences. One of the best ways to gear up for this kind of a conference is to have completed a book, even if it is not the one you are planning on marketing. That way you have an idea of what it takes to write a full manuscript. However, a completed book isn t necessary. I signed with this agent in mid-2000 and she began submitting my novel last year.