Picture of the Day for 2/27/2010. Stephen Cannell was Guest of Honor #2 and the keynote speaker at today's luncheon. He's been involved as a writer/producer in TV shows too numerous to mention. OK, I'll mention just a couple- The Rockford Files and The A-Team. It has just been within the past few years that he turned to novel-writing. The major theme of his talk was "never give up." He spoke of the numerous obstacles he had to overcome (severe dyslexia which held him back a few years in school) before he made it in Hollywood. After college, he went to work for his dad, but spent every night for five or six years writing for 5 hours a day before he caught his big break. That is determination. If there's one thing I'm learning from this conference, becoming a writer is not for the faint of heart. It's a LOT of work- not just the writing, but looking for agents/publishers, doing the marketing for your books, etc. Cannell looks like he belongs in Hollywood, but I was impressed by his obvious devotion to his wife of 45 years.
I attended the following sessions today:
-Negotiating a Killer Contract
Avoiding deadly mistakes found in some contracts.
Donna Bagdasarian, Paul S. Levine (agent), Shannon Jamieson Vazquez
-How to Get an Agent
Authors and agents discuss the how-tos and how-not-tos.
Karen Harper, Michelle Brower, Barbara Poelle, Jack Cummings
-Hollywood War Stories
Tales from the trenches.
Stephen J. Cannell, Paul Levine (author)
-Randy’s Book Broads
Authors and booksellers chatting about the book biz.
Randy Rawls, Heather Graham, PJ Parrish (Kris & Kelly), Deborah Sharp, Joanne Sinchuk, Christine Kling
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