Last weekend I went to
Genrecon in Brisbane for the first time. As the name suggests it’s a conference
for genre writers (horror, sci fi, romance, crime and fantasy). It has a very
different feel to RWAustralia, or either of the reader conventions I’ve been
to. Many of the sessions were discussion panels about various issues (what
writers get wrong, luck vs hard work) but I did go to a few craft sessions.
Even though I’ve been
published for 7 years I think it’s so important to keep learning, but to also
learn from other genres as good writing is good writing.
There was also an
academic stream and I caught a session on crime noir (which I find fascinating
even thought I don’t think I could write it).
I would definitely go
again, though I’ll have to wait 2 years as it’s not a yearly conference :(
If you are in Australia I do recommend it.
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