I know I need an agent, but I don’t know where to find one.

I don’t know how to start building an author platform…I don’t even know what a platform is!

I should join or start a critique group, but I don’t know any other writers!

Sound familiar? Aspiring authors and curious writing bystanders say things like this to me a lot, and my answer is always the same:

Writers connect at the Port Townsend Writers Conference (Photo Credit: Centrum Foundation)

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