Top 10 things you should never do at a writer’s conference

Arrive late and ask, “Did they really start without me?”
Walk up to the first person that smiles at you and hand them your business card and say, “Here’s my card. I’m a fabulous writer.” Later you find out the man you handed the card to was a publisher.
Walk up to the front of the room to get the instructions for getting online, so the guest speaker has to search for it. “Excuse me, can I please have my guide for starting this presentation?”
Humming hymns, songs, lullabies in class. (This is not song writing 101!)
Try to sell your unpublished novel to someone so you can buy a cup of coffee.
Sit in the front of the class with your hearing aid on your lap and start yelling, “I can’t hear you! Speak up!”
Sign up to pitch your script with the agent that says, “I don’t like women’s fiction. I don’t like women’s nonfiction. I don’t like women.”
Tell the guy sitting by you, “I’m not just funny looking, I’m also a funny writer.”
Listen to the creepy old guy who keeps asking you to put ice down your shirt.
Tell the agent you are pitching your manuscript to, “This is normally my nap time. I’m just going to tell you the truth my novels sucks, it’s broken and stupid.”