tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36612426.post8322368544972686475..comments2023-10-22T23:55:50.780+13:00Comments on My year of getting published: Five Reasons to go to a (travel) writers conferenceā¦Liz Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299956618201427221noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36612426.post-56899238992393748522007-12-02T19:52:00.000+13:002007-12-02T19:52:00.000+13:00Hi Nancy,What a great idea...Your guest post about...Hi Nancy,<BR/><BR/>What a great idea...<BR/><BR/>Your <A HREF="http://writetotravel.blogspot.com/2007/08/guest-blog-by-nancy-brown-book-passage.html" REL="nofollow">guest post</A> about this years conference showed how much you enjoyed the conference. Sounds like one to go to.<BR/><BR/>I've put the conference on my wish list, but somehow don't think Santa's going to be able to do anything about it...<BR/><BR/>But you never know.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>LizLiz Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12299956618201427221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36612426.post-46875734532611487972007-12-02T15:34:00.000+13:002007-12-02T15:34:00.000+13:00When a special someone asked what I'd like for Chr...When a special someone asked what I'd like for Christmas or my birthday, I requested a gift certificate from the Corte Madera, CA store, Book Passage. I plan to put it toward's the 2008 conference.<BR/><BR/>I know the Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographer's Conference is expensive, but I got a lot out of it last year and I hope to go again in 2008.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36612426.post-49913104234576320562007-12-01T20:44:00.000+13:002007-12-01T20:44:00.000+13:00Hi Sheila,It's important to way up the cost of the...Hi Sheila,<BR/><BR/>It's important to way up the cost of the conference in relation to the long term benefits it can provide. From you posts about the conferences you went to, it sounded like the benefits outweighed the costs...<BR/><BR/>I'd love to go the the Book Passages Conference in Corte Madera but for me, at the moment, the costs outweigh any possible benefits...<BR/><BR/>Maybe in a few years time...<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>LizLiz Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12299956618201427221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36612426.post-65011877864446644752007-12-01T09:10:00.000+13:002007-12-01T09:10:00.000+13:00The smartest money I spent this past year was to a...The smartest money I spent this past year was to attend the SXSWi tech conference here in Austin. Yes, I live here so didn't have air/hotel, but it still wasn't cheap.<BR/><BR/>It was also a major online media confab where I learned SO MUCH about online work and where this business is going, plus met people like Tim Ferriss of the now-famous "4-Hour Work Week" book.<BR/><BR/>Briefly considered travel writer's confab at Corte Madera, CA but thought price was excessive, esp. since the area there is expensive, too.<BR/><BR/>BlogHer conferences pay a lot of attention to people on a budget, and so did the inaugural SOBCon 07 in Chicago, both also well worth my time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com