{"id":31924,"date":"2013-09-16T00:50:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T04:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=31924"},"modified":"2013-09-16T00:50:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T04:50:24","slug":"benjamin-martin-at-the-japan-writers-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2013\/09\/16\/benjamin-martin-at-the-japan-writers-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Martin at the Japan Writers Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BenjaminMartin\"<\/a>Benjamin Martin<\/a> (Okinawa, 2008-13), author of the award-winning YA fantasy series Samurai Awakening (Tuttle) and blogger at MoreThingsJapanese.com<\/a>, will be among the presenters at the 2013 Japan Writers Conference <\/a>to be held Nov. 2-3 in Okinawa. Here\u2019s the official description of his presentation, titled \u201cGetting Published When You Live On An Island\u201d:<\/em><\/p>\n

This will be an overview of my experience getting published while living on an island with a total population of 550 people, and what I learned along the way that will help perspective authors and those still finding their way while living in Japan.<\/p>\n

I will outline my journey into the publishing world while living on Kitadaito and Kumejima Islands in Okinawa, including the successes and pitfalls I found along the way. I will talk about the processes I used to write, the friends and resources that helped me refine my work, and things I wish I had known back then. I will touch on the predatory tactics of companies and resources for avoiding them, and also on the benefits of contests such as the ABNA. I will delve into my experience working without an agent, the pros and cons, and the opportunity I found with Tuttle Publishing, the benefits and trials of working with a smaller press. Finally, I\u2019ll cover marketing from Japan, with ways I found to connect with the writing community. I will end with time for questions and\/or discussion.<\/p>\n

For details on the Japan Writers Conference, visit http:\/\/www.japanwritersconference.org\/<\/a>
\nTo learn more about Benjamin, visit http:\/\/samuraiawakening.com\/author\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Benjamin Martin (Okinawa, 2008-13), author of the award-winning YA fantasy series Samurai Awakening (Tuttle) and blogger at MoreThingsJapanese.com, will be among the presenters at the 2013 Japan Writers Conference to be held Nov. 2-3 in Okinawa. Here\u2019s the official description of his presentation, titled \u201cGetting Published When You Live On An Island\u201d: This will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[53,408,304,6],"tags":[994,1101,1102,1100],"class_list":["post-31924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-jet-alum-author-beat","category-notable-jet-alums","category-writers","tag-benjamin-martin","tag-japan-wrtiers-conference","tag-jwc","tag-samurai-awakening"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t