Did you miss those great writing conferences a few weekends ago? Unfortunately I did.

However, have you heard of Write On Con? Check out this description:

WriteOnCon is a free, interactive experience, designed to give writers many of the features of a writer’s conference, but in an online environment. Thanks to technologies like blogging, vlogging, livestreaming, and chats, WriteOnCon will connect writers with both industry professionals and fellow peers from the convenience of their own homes. Critique forums will allow writers to receive feedback and exposure for their work, and the entire program has been designed to be both informative and entertaining.

The conference has been scheduled for weekdays, so that attendees won’t have to set aside an entire weekend to be glued to their computers. To accommodate day jobs, the schedule will feature more static elements during working hours, and all live events have been saved for the evenings. Transcripts for most sessions will also be available for download.

While this sort of online conference will never replace the experience and networking of an in-person conference, this is a wonderful option for those of us who aren’t able to make any conferences this year!

How cool!

The conference officially started today and continues through Thursday. You can participate in forums and have your writing critiqued.

The best part about the conference (in my opinion) is that most of the content will be shared via the website’s blog. The content will remain static so you can go back and check whenever you want. There will be live chats which you can learn more about when you check out the schedule here.

I’ll definitely be checking out the posts and hopefully participating in a few of the live chats.

Will you be joining in Write On Con?