I realize it’s mid-January and Killer Nashville isn’t until late August (24-26), but if you register now, you can get a break on the already reasonable tuition. So, what are you waiting for?
Early Bird Registration is $160 through March 1. Then it goes up $10 until May when full tuition of $180 kicks in. Still, $180! Have you seen how much some of these conferences cost? This one is all day Friday, all day Saturday and until noon (or later) on Sunday. They have a pre-conference mystery trivia contest on Thursday night. The best part, for those of us who are unagented, agent and/or editor pitches are included in the tuition, not additional.
You do have to pay extra for things like manuscript or marketing plan critiques, a wine tasting event and the guest of honor dinner, but if you’re on a budget these are things you can live without. And, if not, they are conveniently available at reasonable costs.
They also have a crime scene staged by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and it is so cool. There’s a body (not a real one, of course), and blood, and crime scene tape, and lots of clues. Whoever comes closest to figuring out “who dun it” wins a prize. Last year it was tuition to this year’s conference. Not too shabby.
Another unique quality is Killer Nashville offers five different learning tracts to meet the wants and needs of diverse interests and experience levels. They are: Writing, Publishing, Career Management and Promotion, Forensic and Fan Track. You can float back and forth among them.
In the years I’ve gone, there have been famous authors, not-so-famous, but published authors, wanna be authors, and people who just wanted a cool place to get in from the August heat and humidity.
There’s lots more information on the website: Killer Nashville. Check it out.
~ Kay
