• The McKimmon Center at NC State University

    By Don Vaughan, donaldvaughan.com

    Online registration for Write Now! 2019 closes at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 25.

    Have you registered yet?

    If not, why? 

    Registering early saves you a lot of money compared to the at-the-door rate of $109. But even that is great bargain when you consider what you’re getting:

    • Personal access to well-published industry professionals who can help advance your writing career, including New York Times best-selling novelist Joe Finder, and NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green.
    • The opportunity to pitch articles to Paula Murphey, the managing editor of Boys’ Life magazine – at no charge.
    • Catered box lunch and beverage service throughout the day.
    • Door prizes, including autographed books from featured presenters, books on writing donated by Quail Ridge Books, and free registration to Write Now! 2020.

    Joe Finder and Paula Murphey will both be presenting a keynote address, a craft session and a sit-down interview. Additional presenters include former News & Observer managing editor Dan Barkin (Nonfiction Writing That Pops), award-winning children’s author John Claude Bemis (Secrets of Writing for Kids and Teens), grammar guru Kris Spisak (Seeking Grammartopia), essayist Erika Hoffman (Chicken Soup for the Soul: Crafting and Selling Personal Essays) and romance authors LaVerne St. George, Jane Shoup and Nancy Young (Always A Happy Ending: Writing and Selling Romance Fiction).

    Online registration is just $89, $75 for students with ID, seniors 65+ and retired/active military personnel. For more information, or to register, click here.

    Don’t delay! Do it today!

    Don Vaughan is the founder of Triangle Association of Freelancers. He has made his living with words for more than 40 years. He is a longtime freelance writer, publishing more than 2,000 nonfiction magazine and newspaper articles and writing, co-writing, ghosting or contributing to  more than 30 books. Don is also a public speaker, lecturing often on freelance writing, censorship and other topics close to his heart.