Posts Tagged 'RWA National Conference 2010'

My apologies to all my blog readers, I really am not ignoring you! Last week was the RWA annual conference in sunny Orlando Florida and I'm still not fully recovered! From the last minute travel preparations (and yes, that's mostly everything for me because I AM a last minute packer...which always means last minute trips to the store...*sigh*) until, well, yesterday - life seemed to pass by in a blur.

First off, the conference was fabulous. I met so many people I can now put faces to their online names, I learned so much from the workshops and I networked! If you're a romance writer there is nothing better than spending 5 full days surrounded by people that do what you do, that truly "get" you and everything that goes along with being a writer.

So now, it's back to business. Back to writing everyday, back to blogging and getting ready for my November release.

If you're not one of my facebook fans - you haven't seen my conference photos or my new head-shot! Here's the link for you to click on over there to see all the pics I posted over the last few days.

Last Friday I hosted the wonderful David Bridger and he had a truly inspiration post. I thank him for being here while I was away in Orlando. I've posted the winner to his contest at the bottom.

This week, Kaily Hart will be my guest, I hope you come by tomorrow and read about what inspires her!

WRITING INSPIRATION FRIDAY (July 30th)

WINNER!

Kissa Starling

*Please send me the email you'd like David to send to your free download to through my website contact form*

Have a great day, see you tomorrow for some more writing inspiration!

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"Love they neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devasting, it will be that much easier." ~ Mae West

Today's Word: Debonair

(adj) having a carefree manner; courteous, gracious, charming

Maybe I'm dating myself here, but when I hear the word debonair, the first face that pops into my head is Cary Grant.

So, a little backstory might be order here. When I was little my Dad worked nights. My mom would iron (what's that? I don't think I own one of those weird devices...) and I would keep her company while we watched a movie on TV.

I grew up with the Cary Grant.

His charm, his wit, his just all around gentleman screen persona won me over quickly and so, to this day if you say debonair - I'm gonna respond, Cary Grant. (Although Johnny Depp is a close second, something about that man...um...yeah... )

I don't necessarily think of debonair as drop-dead gorgeous either. It's more of a aura, an attitude and sense of strength and confidence. It's the easy smile, the warm looks, the ability to mingle with both sexes, but exude a certain grace and charm with women that is not lecherous or conniving. A debonair man to me doesn't give off the "I gotta get into your pants" attitude, it's more a "I'm interested in all of you" vibe that makes him stand out from the crowd.

This week while you use the word, think about who you give that title to today. Who would instantly pop into your head and why?

Now to the fun stuff, tomorrow I'm headed to the annual Romance Writers Conference - this year being held in Orlando at the beautiful Disney Swan and Dolphin Hotel! I will be blogging, twittering and posting to my facebook fan page randomly the whole time I'm there (Tuesday - Sunday)

One of the best things about conference would be all the FREE books! Many of them signed by the authors. And what does that mean to you, my faithful blog reader? It means over the next few weeks or months (you never know how many books I'll be coming home with!) I'll be giving away some of those books as commenting prizes. Rules to win books are the same as the weekly Writing Inspiration Friday prizes - which means you only have to comment to get your name in the bowl-o-contestants! (and if you follow the Saucy Scribe by email and/or GoogleFriend - both located on the sidebar - you get extra chances for each comment!)

Writing Inspiration Friday Winner!

Michael

(Please use my contact form on the website to confirm your email address and what format you'd prefer for the free download and I'll forward it to Angelika!)

Happy Monday!

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And panic begins.

Next week at this time I'll be in Orlando at the beautiful Swan and Dolphin Hotel in sunny (and hot!) Orlando for the Romance Writers of America annual national conference.

Seven us from Dunes & Dreams RWA are headed down there, some of us sharing rooms and flights!

We've all volunteered to help out in different ways, afterall, a conference that draws approximately 3000 romance writers -from the best selling Nora Roberts to the unpublished writer who only recently put that pen to paper - needs plenty of volunteers to run as smoothly as it does!

I've got appointments with agents, I've got lists upon lists of what I need to remember to bring, I'm ready to pitch, network, drink and put some of the online names with faces!

But with less than a week to go, this is when my neurotic tendancies start to emerge. From makeup to clothes to packing the right shoes - to OMG where is my camera charger and my mini-mouse for my netbook? Of course, the hubby keeps me on track and organized, but do I take the time to remember that? NO!  I'd much rather panic that I can't find the email with my online airline confirmation!

This morning I set up my phone for twitter, so I can tweet from the conference with ease - so if you don't want to miss my crazy twitter updates from Orlando...don't forget to follow me!

This morning I also set up my phone to post pics to my facebook - so again, I can post and update on conference on the fly! So, if you don't want to miss the photos coming straight from RWA National 2010 in Orlando - hit that facebook button on my sidebar and "fan" me or "like" me, whatever it is these days!

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