Conferences

Those of us who are still looking to get published are always trying to soak up wisdom from our favorite authors. By belonging to Romance Writers of America and my local Inland Empire Chapter (IECRWA) of that organization, I am fortunate to have direct access to an amazing group of men and women. Not only are they generous with their time when it comes to mentor and educate wanna-be writers like me, they are also incredibly giving when it comes to answering questions and share lessons learned. This weekend, I’m hanging out with my favorite writing peeps–the IECRWA folks–at our …

I’m heading to the Emerald City Writing Conference this weekend. I think it’s my fifth or sixth time attending, but it’s my first time presenting! Rebecca Zanetti and I will be holding a workshop titled: Dealing with Goal, Motivation, and Conflict in Your Own Life: Optimizing the Writing Process while Keeping Motivation High. If you happen to be in the Seattle area on Saturday morning and want to hang out while chatting about writing motivation, stop by the Sammamish conference room at the Bellevue Westin at 10.30 am. In case you’re not a morning person, but still want to catch …

Welcome to the first free book day on this blog. I have a huge stack of signed copies by fantastic authors. Many more chances to win your favorite writers’ work are forthcoming. Where did I get all of these books, you ask? Mostly from attending the amazing book signings at the national RWA conference, but also from signings in my local bookstores, and other writing conferences. And now I want to share them with you. Speaking of the RWA conference, I just got the huge box of books I shipped from this year’s event in Anaheim. I love writing conferences …

The Inland Chapter of Romance Writers of America is having a fabulous time at Bear Creek Lodge, right at the foot of Mount Spokane. Not only are we eating great food, drinking delicious wine, and socializing with old and new friends, we’re actually getting some writing done too! This morning, fabulous author and RITA nominee Margaret Mallory led a great workshop on taking your writing the next level. She also generously answered questions about the writing business and what to expect out of a writing career. Kesar improves your sexual useful web-site canadian levitra performance in bed will surely get …

The universal answer to that question is, of course, CHOCOLATE, but I was looking for one that doesn’t increase my hip span. Oh, and wine works too, but after a few glasses I get too sleepy or too loopy to write. My main motivations to keep writing includes my critique partners, my local RWA chapter, and setting concrete deadlines for myself by signing up for a conference, contest, or class. These last few weeks, I’ve been enrolled in Candace Haven’s Fast Draft class where I committed to write twenty pages per day for two weeks. Think of it like NaNoWriMo …