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As I type this, I’m two hours into my flight back to New York, and have about two and half more to go. I’m crammed between an older gentleman who is reading a book by Orhan Pamuk[1] and a Stony Brook professor who also attended AWP.[2] And I keep peeking up the aisle to see if the snack cart is coming by anytime soon because my stomach is aggressively growling. But, more importantly, this five hour flight has given me a serious span of time to reflect.
AWP 2019 is almost here and I could not be more pumped! Not only will I get to go to one of my favorite literary events of the year (with some of my favorite people), but I will also get to go to Portland for the first time (win-win!). Every year it seems someone writes a tip sheet about how to make the most out of you AWP experience. And while I certainly have my suggestions, the number one thing I would like to emphasize is do you because there is no one way to go about AWP. We are all attending with our own agendas in mind. Whether it be to go to as many panels as our schedules will allow, network at the book fair, sneak into the after-parties, or just trying to get your hands on as much swag as possible, do it.
If there is only one thing you take away from this blog let it be this: Publishing is a people business! At some point, whether you are a reader, a writer, an editor, a publicist, a marketer, or whatever, you are going to need to interact with people inside and outside the literary community. How you go about these interactions will greatly impact your present and your future. One conversation, one job, one panel has the potential to make or break you.
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