Although if look closely enough I can probably find a stray Xmas decoration or two hiden around the house, we’re actually half-way through the year already. That means, among other things, that the annual RWA Conference is a mere three weeks away.
Ack!
The conference registration, plane tickets, and hotel are all booked and ready for arrival, but I don’t yet have a clear idea of what I’ll be doing once I’m there.
One of my primary reasons for attending the annual conferences is to network and spend time with people I don’t often get a chance to see in person. My very first conference – which coincidentally was in New York just as this year’s conference is – involved meeting not just Jenny Crusie (*swoon*) but also meeting up with a group of friends and authors I had only known through the distance of the internet.
Top of the list for this year’s conference is getting to spend some quality time with the other 8Ladies who will be in attendance, and to cheer Jilly on during the Golden Heart awards ceremony. We’ve already been busily trying to coordinate schedules to find some time when we’ll all be free. Continue reading
Last week’s RWA Conference in Orlando was a bit unusual for me. I’ve been to writing conferences before and I’ve even heard some of these same speakers speak before, but what was different this time around is that, when the end of the conference rolled around on Saturday afternoon, I was actually a little disappointed that it was all over.
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