OK — quick — what do you get when you add every writers conference you’ve EVER been to into ONE and then you still have throw in some more?

Answer: WORDS & MUSIC LITERARY CONFERENCE.

I’ve just returned from my sixth time there.  I’m talking the Big Easy, New Orleans, Hotel Monteleon, the French Quarter, beignets, bloody marys and all around FUN.  And did I mention the amazing contacts you make?  Mercy.  I’m talking the best and brightest in today’s literary publishing scene — 7 to 9 editors each year and 7 to 9 agents — all convened at this one place this one long weekend in November.  With your fee, you get to send in 30-ish pages and meet with both an editor and an agent.

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