Ha, I just noticed this.
How to be a Professional Writer, Create Community and Still Pay Your RentIsn’t that something? (Yes, Peter, I’ll hook you up with a ticket.)
Moderated by Courtney Martin
Yes, it IS possible for writers to succeed in New York. By cobbling together their passions, and supplementing their income with teaching, speaking, editing, consulting and blogging gigs, our panel of five young New Yorkers have been able to make it as writers – and still pay the rent.
Acclaimed writer Courtney E. Martin (Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters) will be joined by journalist Kate Torgovnick (Cheer!), author and performer Kimmi Auerbach, author Theo Gangi (Bang bang) and author Joie Jager-Hyman (Fat Envelope Frenzy). The writers will give you the real deal on issues like creating and maintaining a writing group (check out theirs at Crucial Minutiae), successful pitching and networking, the highs and lows of the freelance lifestyle, transitioning from a traditional job to the self-employed lifestyle and much, much more.
