I'm Speaking at SXSW on Self-Publishing - Writer's Digest

I'm Speaking at SXSW on Self-Publishing

Author:: Jane Friedman
Publish date:: Feb 9, 2011

For the first time, I'll be on a panel at SXSW. The panel is called "The Self-Publishing Novelist: Report From the Trenches." Author John Sundman proposed the panel (remember the Q&A?), and I owe him my thanks for including me.

I'll have more to say—content-wise—about this panel in the coming weeks, but for now, mark your calendar, and if you plan to attend SXSW, I hope you'll attend my panel on March 12 at 11 a.m.

To see the full list of events where I'm speaking this year, click here.

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