Mendocino Writers Blog

Tony Eppstein, committee member, reports on blog posting from particpant at our recent conference

"Today I learned through Google Alerts of a very nice description of our 2008 conference on the blog of a participant. The link to this posting is http://fairytalesandmagicspells.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/mendocino-coast-writers-conference/

A Message from Maureen

Maureen writes:

Part of my job as a Mendocino Coast Writers Conference committee member is to analyze conference evaluations.  Results for 2008 are now in, and they look great. You told us that a sense of community was the most important thing you gained from the conference. As one participant put it: “A feeling of being welcomed whole-heartedly into this amazing community of writers.” Another said: “Energy—connection—like I had found my place.” Next in importance was the quality of the advice you received. You mentioned encouragement and expert analysis of your writing, insights on craft, respect for the commitment of writers to their readers and to the work.

 

We were impressed to learn that the top scorer for how you found out about our conference was word of mouth. Second and third ranked were the MCWC website and other web links. As we plan for next year’s 20^th anniversary conference (which is shaping up to be outstanding) we’re thinking about how best to use these tools to broaden the reach of our marketing. We welcome your comments and suggestions.   

A Participant comment on Jim Houston's workshop at our 19th conferenc

The best 3 days of my life as a writer. I've met my role model after reading his work for decades.