I attended the Live the Universe and Everything symposium. These are notes from one of the panels. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

• 16 New York Times bestsellers came from the rising of the future competitors.
• Don’t go for contracts that charge. They only want to make money.
• Writing novels and short stories flexes your author muscles.
• Seven pass the publication: A. The Lone Ranger/DIY why ( do it yourself) publishing. You publish your own manuscript and you do everything yourself. You do a lot of work. 30% of the work is the writing itself. Many authors may not want to invest their time in this manner.

1. General contractor. Is the most popular of self-publishing. It’s where you hire an editor, marketing director, artists, etc. you keep all the rights.
2. Hybrid publishing: this is controversial. You will agree with others that they will get part of the profits with a certain amount of time at reduced prices of their services. They will get the profits to a certain point and tell everything is paid. For example, one editor is in pain 6000 UK 2000 and the editor get 75% of the profit and tell you to earn out the rest that you owe them. these are to be agreed to on both sides.
3. Vanity/subsidy/self-publishing. Is associate self-publishing this is where you hire a vanity press to do all the work? At one point they may ask you do want some hard copies? If yes they’ll be an additional $12,000. The full cost may range from $6000-$30,000.

E: Small independent press

1. Big publishing house.
2. Crossover product. Someone made I write your book so they can make a videogame of it but not publish the book.

• You need to network you need to be sociable. Don’t we have notches with others? Strike a conversation with those you appreciate. (Maybe take notes on things you learn about that person so you can very be reminded about them later.)
• Editors and agents are interested in you attending the convention. Because you invested money incoming as well as time. Don’t connect with agents while the Macy’s. Or they may leave a letter on their hotel bed. That particular author was blacklisted.
• Sufficiency to follow the instructions of the website. If the management is under over word count will automatically be skipped.
• As you give a pitch get their car at an ident on that card when you gave your pitch to them so that you can give that time and date so that you can document that information when you send an email. When you can contact them keep your letter short telling them this is when we met and here is the manuscript as promised.
• Jody Lynn Nye is the next coordinating judge to rise the future. She might live in Texas.
• ConTinual is an online convention. It has great panels. Check to see if it’s free?
• Strong with the stars is doing panels and presentations. You can post questions on Facebook for them.
• Sometimes you may network with somebody who does not benefit you personally. But keep their contact information because her you know may help somebody else.
• Wherever you live their original writers’ groups. Maybe volunteered to be sent to them. Writers sanctum is an alternative to the super organization.
• Google Facebook groups that are looking for novels and short stories.
• Check out rise of the future podcasts. It is weekly. Maybe LT&U, we should have a panel with all the agents and give a list of what they want. And then after the panel, they stay there so that people can get pitches that are relevant to what they were looking for. At that panel, they can tell you how they prefer to be approached. One may say don’t approach me while I’m walking. Or don’t interest me if I’m in a conversation with somebody else.