All photos taken by Charlotte Bell. If you’d like to see more pictures from the 7th annual San Miguel Writers’ Conference visit our Facebook Fanpage and make sure to click ‘Like.’ www.sanmiguelwritersconference2012.org
Every year we get lots of conference attendees telling us how much they enjoyed the event. We thought we’d share what some people wrote about the 2012 San Miguel Writers’ Conference. If you want to see more photos visits our Facebook Fanpage and click ‘Like.’ “Without a doubt, the most high quality writers’ conference I … Continue reading
The 2012 San Miguel Writers’ Conference has come to an end and we’d like to thank everyone who attended the conference. This year’s event was the largest we’d put on in the seven years since the conference’s inception and we hope that everyone who participated is now busily writing. Over the next few weeks we … Continue reading
The 7th annual San Miguel Writers’ Conference begins today with two acclaimed Canadian writers kicking it off, Merilyn Simonds and Margaret Atwood. Simonds will be giving a general session address, “A Writer’s Place” at 1:30 PM and Atwood will be giving the keynote address, “Writing and Hope” at 6:00 PM. Both will take place in … Continue reading
On a familiar dark and cloud choked morning I’m marking an X near the hemline of January. I run a finger past eleven empty squares before resting on the declarative, “Mexico!” My excitement is not founded on the usual beach escape (though some sun on this translucent skin wouldn’t hurt) but rather, a creative calling. … Continue reading
The 7th Annual San Miguel Writers’ Conference is right around the corner. Many of you coming from the north may be wondering what you’ll need down here in Mexico. Here’s a list of items to think about. Passport: You will need your passport to exit your country of origin and to enter Mexico. Make a … Continue reading
There will be a twitter feed available during the 2012 San Miguel Writers’ Conference. If you bring a cell phone and leave your data feed on, twitter will provide you with announcements five minutes before each event begins. Instead of checking your schedule every few hours, you’ll be able to rely on the twitter feed … Continue reading
We’ve had so many people purchase tickets for Naomi Wolf’s speech “Writing Riskily: Taking a Stand Within Your Prose,” that we’ve decided to have a second Wolf event right after the San Miguel Writers’ Conference. “Naomi Wolf: Protest 101” will take place on Monday, February 20, 2012 in the Real de Minas Hotel Ballroom. This … Continue reading
This year’s intensive writing workshops are filling up. If you want a chance to work in a smaller group with a professional writer, (Separate Registration) go to our website and reserve a place before it’s too late. This year we have scheduled eleven two-day workshops for Monday and Tuesday February 20 and 21, 2012. All … Continue reading
The San Miguel Writers’ Conference would like to announce that Shelfstealers is one of our lead sponsors for the 2012 conference. This up-and-coming publishing company has a unique program called “Watch Our Writers” where readers can sign-up to read a writer’s novel as it progresses. By serializing the novel writers with Shelfstealers can leave their … Continue reading