Which is exactly why I didn't need to take a hiatus of more than a week. But I did. But before you stop reading, drop me from your email feed, or cancel your follow, allow me to plead guilty with an explanation.
I still haven't recovered from the awesome Southern California Writers' Conference in San Diego this past weekend. I urge you to check out the highlights and award winners, and make plans to join us next year (or this September in Newport Beach!) Thank you, MSG, Wes, Chrissie, Cricket, Jeremy, Janis, Linda, Jean, Laura, Drusilla, Mark, Matt, Andrew and all the workshop leaders for making this a very special time!
I plan to go into more detail about SCWC in the coming weeks and months, but for now I want to share one major highlight:
This was Saturday evening just after introducing agent Paul Fedorko and best-selling author T. Jefferson Parker prior to the banquet. I'd be hard-pressed to name two finer gentlemen in the world of contemporary publishing. It was my pleasure to spend a few quality minutes with both of them during the weekend.
I hope I didn't freak them out too much, gushing my appreciation of the works they've brought to me as a reader over the years. But how else could I react? This SCWC felt like the literary equivalent of the World Series and these two men are on the all-time All Star team! Thank you guys for your kindness and understanding.
I'll give you a hint of which book I bought at the conference that I've already started reading.
I still haven't recovered from the awesome Southern California Writers' Conference in San Diego this past weekend. I urge you to check out the highlights and award winners, and make plans to join us next year (or this September in Newport Beach!) Thank you, MSG, Wes, Chrissie, Cricket, Jeremy, Janis, Linda, Jean, Laura, Drusilla, Mark, Matt, Andrew and all the workshop leaders for making this a very special time!
I plan to go into more detail about SCWC in the coming weeks and months, but for now I want to share one major highlight:
This was Saturday evening just after introducing agent Paul Fedorko and best-selling author T. Jefferson Parker prior to the banquet. I'd be hard-pressed to name two finer gentlemen in the world of contemporary publishing. It was my pleasure to spend a few quality minutes with both of them during the weekend.
I hope I didn't freak them out too much, gushing my appreciation of the works they've brought to me as a reader over the years. But how else could I react? This SCWC felt like the literary equivalent of the World Series and these two men are on the all-time All Star team! Thank you guys for your kindness and understanding.
I'll give you a hint of which book I bought at the conference that I've already started reading.
