Into a Writer's Head

My own Nationals Update...

So everyone else seems to be doing these greatly detailed updates of the National Conference and all they did there. Me? Yeah, I don't have that kind of time. Or energy. Or that great a memory. So mine is gonna be a whole lot shorter.
I'll start with some of the more interesting Points of Interest: Yes, I had my pitch appointment. Yes, I got a request from it. I also have an additional request from another agent, this one for a full manuscript.
The workshops. I attended some fabulous workshops, some not so fabulous. It all depended. As usual, there was a ton of stuff I wanted to go to, and not enough time to do it all in. Some of the highlights were Suz Brockmann's workshop on Ongoing Series. She is one of my favorite authors, certainly on my autobuy list. It was wonderful hearing how she decides which characters will go in each book, and why she chooses each couple of "highlight". They should have billed it as "In to the mind of a bestselling author".
The other workshop that made a lasting impression was one on creating the habit of writing every day. The speaker also acts as a motivational speaker for Franklin Covey, on using time effectively. If anything, I came out of this workshop more inspired to find time each day to write.
Networking was also a huge part of this conference for me. Actually, it's a huge part of every conference I attend. I love meeting other writers and talking to them about all the different aspects of writing. One of the writers I met was Sonia Singh, author of Goddess for Hire and Bollywood Confidential.








(Kelli Estes, Serena Robar, Shannon McKelden and Sonia Singh).

Then there was the issue of food. If only they could tell me ahead of time what the vegetarian option would be for each meal, I could make a fully educated decision. Instead, I check vegetarian in hopes of having a slightly healther option and I wind up with this:

Yes, dear readers, that was the entirety of my lunch. A giant slice of grilled squash, a couple of slices of zucchini, a slice of endive, a slice of tomato and that was it. Needless to say, I felt entirely justified in enjoying my dessert of cheesecake.

posted by Erin @ 7:08 PM