HP Writers' Convention?

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  1. greenmind profile image97
    greenmindposted 4 years ago

    Wouldn't it be cool if we could have a weekend convention for HP writers? Have a chance to meet and have a drink and laugh and commiserate? I'm thinking Vegas.

  2. paradigmsearch profile image62
    paradigmsearchposted 4 years ago

    They've done it before. I see no reason why they can't do it again. big_smile

  3. FatFreddysCat profile image85
    FatFreddysCatposted 4 years ago

    Cool idea, but I'd be afraid to attend, out of fear that all of the Indian spammers I've been making fun of lately would band together and show up to kick my a**. big_smile

  4. Rupert Taylor profile image97
    Rupert Taylorposted 4 years ago

    Good idea, but I'm a writer and so don't have the wherewithal to travel more than couple of hundred kms from my home. If I could afford to travel, I think Las Vegas would be the last place I'd want to visit. I went into a casino once and was amazed to see a place of entertainment filled with grim-faced people not having fun.

    1. greenmind profile image97
      greenmindposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      That's true -- maybe we should all meet next year at Burning Man...

    2. PaulGoodman67 profile image96
      PaulGoodman67posted 4 years agoin reply to this

      I find the opposite. Being a writer has given me more opportunity to travel  than I had with other jobs.

      1. wilderness profile image94
        wildernessposted 4 years agoin reply to this

        Opportunity, yes.  Wherewithal, no.  sad

  5. erorantes profile image49
    erorantesposted 4 years ago

    Good morning green mind. How many hubs are require to attend the conference.  It is a great idea. Some companies give youa big travel discount if you travel as a writer.

    1. paradigmsearch profile image62
      paradigmsearchposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      I do believe that last time Maven paid, but you must be loved by them for them to do so. big_smile

      1. Eurofile profile image99
        Eurofileposted 4 years agoin reply to this

        I'm in if Maven will pay expenses from the UK!

        1. paradigmsearch profile image62
          paradigmsearchposted 4 years agoin reply to this

          Alas, last time they restricted it to writers only in the US. I believe it also had mostly to do with facebookzoo; might be worth reading the reviews on that.

          1. Eurofile profile image99
            Eurofileposted 4 years agoin reply to this

            That's a shame. Sounds like geographical discrimination.

            1. DrMark1961 profile image99
              DrMark1961posted 4 years agoin reply to this

              I think those of us with accents are not to be included.

      2. Will Apse profile image89
        Will Apseposted 4 years agoin reply to this

        Everyone who went to that conference in the Canadian wilderness came back much changed, lol. I suspect pods were involved.

        A young Paul Edmondson is pictured below.

        https://hubstatic.com/14786586.jpg

        Paul is in the pod.

        1. greenmind profile image97
          greenmindposted 4 years agoin reply to this

          \m/ >.< \m/

        2. greenmind profile image97
          greenmindposted 4 years agoin reply to this

          And I believe this was when Paul was single, which would make that a bachelor's pod.

          1. Will Apse profile image89
            Will Apseposted 4 years agoin reply to this

            Lol. It represents spacious accommodation in San Francisco, if my sources are to be believed.

  6. clivewilliams profile image70
    clivewilliamsposted 4 years ago

    I am thinking Jamaica

    1. MizBejabbers profile image91
      MizBejabbersposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      I could go for that!

      1. clivewilliams profile image70
        clivewilliamsposted 4 years agoin reply to this

        lets go go go

  7. TessSchlesinger profile image60
    TessSchlesingerposted 4 years ago

    I went to one in Houston, once.

    I didn't really learn much.

    I asked about the religious posts because they were very, very unpleasant and horrible. I was told that 'people seemed to like it.'

  8. Robie Benve profile image86
    Robie Benveposted 4 years ago

    A writer's convention sounds lovely to me! I could totally use that kind of motivation. smile I'd say in California, by Hubpages Headquarters

    1. watergeek profile image98
      watergeekposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      Hubpages headquarters is in California? Where?

      1. FatFreddysCat profile image85
        FatFreddysCatposted 4 years agoin reply to this

        San Francisco, I believe.

 
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