Yes, yes. I know everyone is tired of hearing about RWA 2011. But this was kind of a big deal for me, so I thought I could get away with writing one more post about it. I don’t get out much. I wanted to share some of my personal takeaways from the conference. These are […]
Ritas and Reflections
July 3, 2011 by
The 2011 RWA National Conference is over and I’m back at home, disoriented. The last day of the conference was all about workshops for me. I stuffed my head so full with knowledge that it still hurts. Other, braver, authors were making pitches to agents and editors. Since attending the conference, I now understand better […]
Betsy’s Excellent Adventure – The Day of Glam
July 1, 2011 by
Thursday was the day of Glam for Betsy at the RWA Conference. It started out innocently enough with a workshop on sex (*wink, wink, nudge, nudge*), then a workshop on romantic suspense. The luncheon today was the awards luncheon. One of the awards recipients was Amy Atwell, a fellow Carina Press author, so, as I […]
Betsy’s Excellent Adventure – Day 2
June 30, 2011 by
Wednesday dawned on NYC bright and fair. Wednesday dawned on Betsy with sickness and…well, we won’t go there. So unfortunately I missed the opening session with Diana Gabaldon, Tess Gerritson, and Steve Berry. But I hear it was wonderful. Fortunately I felt better a little later and so was able to enjoy the rest of […]
Betsy’s Excellent Adventure Begins
June 28, 2011 by
So, you may or may not know that I am attending the RWA National Conference. This event has been preceeded by much anxiety, but today I left with Bookseller Ann to the BIG city – New York City! We decided to take a limo because we don’t live far enough away to fly and the […]
What’s So Scary About Romance?
June 26, 2011 by
You know, when I decided to concentrate on writing romance, I had absolutely no idea that I was threatening the fabric of society as we know it. And yet, it appears that I am. In recent months we have seen, first the public “outing” and castigation of a high school English teacher who has been […]
