Terrie Wolfe had a scheduling conflict, and won’t be able to make the Workshop this year. But never fear, we have another New York agent coming! Sharon Belcastro is co-founder of Belcastro Agency. A full-service boutique literary agency, Belcastro Agency specializes in adult genre fiction (mystery, suspense, thriller, etc.) and is actively building their young adult list across all genres. Regardless of genre, Sharon is looking for novels that are unusual, dramatic and meaningful featuring

Have you looked at the board array of workshops we have scheduled for this year? If not, head over to the ‘2019 Event Workshops’ page. But here’s a quick list of titles to fire you up! Social Schizophrenia: Building a Brand WITHOUT Losing Your Mind Understanding the Antagonist: How to Write Novels Readers CANNOT Put Down Teen Themes: What Makes a Novel YA? Embracing Your Writing Process—No Matter How Stupid Someone Else Thinks It Is

The Doubletree downtown Midland will again be supporting the PBWW, in a big way. First, by offering us rooms at the amazing rate of $90 a night (which, given the price of oil, is an unbelievable deal, believe me). Even if you’re a local, you may want to stay so the fam can have a fun weekend out! Secondly, they’ll again be hosting our Saturday night, ‘Meet ‘n Greet’, and you’re not going to want

You’re going to want to jump on the early-bird price – just $49 until May 31. After that, it’s the usual $99. So hop over and register today! And this year, we’re offering PBWW T-shirts! Available in black on white, white on red, white on black. Sizes from S – 6XL for only $23 (including shipping). We will be selling a few at the conference, but there’s no guarantee we’ll have the color you want,

Let’s face it; October is a looong way away. But in the meantime, the Permian Basin Bookies are hosting one day craft workshops! The first will be held on Saturday, February 16, from 9 am – 4:30 pm at the F. Marie Hall on the Midland Campus (the same building where the October workshop is held).  Teacher and craft speaker, Shirley Jump, will hold an interactive discussion about Plotting. All this, and lunch too, for

Happy New Year! The good news – there will be a Permian Basin Writers Workshop in 2019! We’ve secured the same amazing space on the Midland College Campus and are busy lining up speakers and agents for October. Do your writing a favor and save the date: October 12-13, 2019. The format will be the same as last year: All-day workshop on Saturday – This year’s presenter, Kristen Lamb, an international speaker, writing and social