Pre-Con Workshop

Pitch Perfect

Friday, October 2

12pm – 3pm

Hurst Convention Center

SOLD OUT

Get a jumpstart on the weekend and come perfect your pitch! Young adult authors, Katie Bernet and Dana Swift, will lead a speed-dating style pitch practice class alongside 10 agented members of the DFW Writers’ Workshop. You’ll learn how to pitch your book, how to query, then practice your pitch in person and receive feedback in real time.

Katie and Dana have attended DFWCON for over 10 years and were both agented at the conference. Learn from those who know what it takes to get signed. You could be next! We’ll bring the refreshments but there’s limited seating, so don’t miss out.

All proceeds go directly into supporting the nonprofit DFW Writers’ Workshop.

Katie Bernet

Katie is The New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Indie bestselling author of Beth Is Dead. She’s an award-winning creative director and a long-standing member of the DFW Writers’ Workshop. As the oldest of three sisters, she’s a diehard fan of Little Women.

Dana Swift

Dana started making up fantasy worlds when she was eleven years old and hasn’t stopped since. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where she earned degrees in English and Advertising. Dana currently lives in Austin with her husband and her two dogs whose antics inspired the dragons in her latest release, When Dealing With Dragons. Her debut, Cast in Firelight, and its sequel, Bound by Firelight, were published with Delacorte Press.