ThrillerFest Feedback
Many of the ThrillerFest 2008 attendees send in their impressions of the conference. If you would like to share your ThrillerFest, AgentFest or ChraftFest experiences, please send your comments using our convenient submission form.
"I had a great time at AgentFest and I thought that Shane and Pam did an absolutely fabulous job at keeping it running and smooth and all the agents were absolutely delightful." -- Daryl Woodgerber
"I'm a debut author and this is my "First Kill"--my first conference and I'm thankful I came here--I was thankful before I went to my first course. It's been fantastic." -- Rip Gerber
"I had a great experience here. AgentFest, I thought, was wonderful. It was really wonderful. I got to see the people that have been in the field. I'm not a published author so I'd heard a lot of the names before; I just had never met them. It was really cool to meet the people from the agencies." -- Gary Aumiller
"This is my first time attending ThrillerFest and I have to tell you that it's probably been the best experience of my life. The workshops were tremendous. Having the ability to see all these agents in one place is just out of sight. Wonderful all the connections you make, people you meet. Wonderful bookstore. Been there, spent too much money. But I think anyone who comes, it's well worth the trip, and it's well worth your time and money. So come and enjoy." -- Susan Myers
"I had a great time at AgentFest and I thought that Shane and Pam did an absolutely fabulous job at keeping it running and smooth and all the agents were absolutely delightful." -- Daryl Woodgerber
"I'm a debut author and this is my "First Kill"--my first conference and I'm thankful I came here--I was thankful before I went to my first course. It's been fantastic." -- Rip Gerber
"I had a great experience here. AgentFest, I thought, was wonderful. It was really wonderful. I got to see the people that have been in the field. I'm not a published author so I'd heard a lot of the names before; I just had never met them. It was really cool to meet the people from the agencies." -- Gary Aumiller
"This is my first time attending ThrillerFest and I have to tell you that it's probably been the best experience of my life. The workshops were tremendous. Having the ability to see all these agents in one place is just out of sight. Wonderful all the connections you make, people you meet. Wonderful bookstore. Been there, spent too much money. But I think anyone who comes, it's well worth the trip, and it's well worth your time and money. So come and enjoy." -- Susan Myers
"I've had a fabulous time at the entire conference. The AgentFest is
overwhelming, exciting, exhausting. I've had a lot of yeses, a few nos
and even a couple of people interested in an old memoir of mine that
I'm very excited about. It's been really great." -- Cella Seupel
"I had a wonderful time at AgentFest. We're were talking about how excited we were about getting some yeses, asking for manuscripts, and now comes the exciting and nerve-wracking part of making sure they're perfect before we send them in to the agents." -- Sharon Goertz
"Just got done talking to a number of agents and it's been really, really a fantastic experience. I've been asked for pages in almost every occasion and for a full manuscript on two occasions and I'm really excited." -- Ric Hess
"I just walked out of AgentFest which I call Author Quest because we're seeking to find first-rate agents and they were here. This is heaven. I've been at this quite a while. When I first started I had to hunt down agents in the library--before computers. ThrillerFest has been a great service to authors and agents. This is heaven. Couldn't have been better." -- Ed Mitchell
"I'm here at AgentFest with 149 other writers talking to 45 agents. We're having a fabulous time. The agents are wonderful. They're receptive, they're patient. They listen to us, and we tell them our stories, and we have three minutes, then we move on to the next one. So far, it's been very positive. I've had very good response from people. I've had several requests to send samples of the novel I'm promoting. I hope everyone is having as good a time as I am." -- Howard Waxman
"I had a wonderful time at AgentFest. We're were talking about how excited we were about getting some yeses, asking for manuscripts, and now comes the exciting and nerve-wracking part of making sure they're perfect before we send them in to the agents." -- Sharon Goertz
"Just got done talking to a number of agents and it's been really, really a fantastic experience. I've been asked for pages in almost every occasion and for a full manuscript on two occasions and I'm really excited." -- Ric Hess
"I just walked out of AgentFest which I call Author Quest because we're seeking to find first-rate agents and they were here. This is heaven. I've been at this quite a while. When I first started I had to hunt down agents in the library--before computers. ThrillerFest has been a great service to authors and agents. This is heaven. Couldn't have been better." -- Ed Mitchell
"I'm here at AgentFest with 149 other writers talking to 45 agents. We're having a fabulous time. The agents are wonderful. They're receptive, they're patient. They listen to us, and we tell them our stories, and we have three minutes, then we move on to the next one. So far, it's been very positive. I've had very good response from people. I've had several requests to send samples of the novel I'm promoting. I hope everyone is having as good a time as I am." -- Howard Waxman
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For 2010, we’ll be back in the heart of New York in July with the ThrillerFest conference including CraftFest and AgentFest.
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