Sunday, August 13, 2006
Hello, hello, hello! We're home! I'm safely ensconced back in upstate New York as of Saturday evening...in time for Buffalo Chicken wings, I might add! And Mimi is safely back in North Carolina as of Sunday evening!
Oh, and greetings and salutations to all my new readers from the conference! If you need help with blogging just email me!
Well folks I can't say enough about the conference. If you've never went to one, especially the GPCWC This wonderful lady pictured right below with me, Marlene Bagnull, did a fabulous job of setting up this conference. The schedule was full of so many interesting classes that Mimi and I never even had time to find a Phila Cheesesteak sandwich!
The GPCWC also has its Own Blog Check it out!
Ooh, ooh....this mysterious blonde in between Mimi and I, is none other than Kathryn Mackel. Remember we reviewed her latest book, The Hidden. Go check out the review on my Book Reviews in the top Navbar! Mimi and I took her three day Continuing Sessions course on Story Structure for Novelists. She taught us everything from Concept to Climax. And spent personal time with each of us and our manuscripts!
This little dark-haired beauty is none other than my friend and author, Lisa Samson She will have a new novel out soon called Straight Up. She's got 16 novels out there...so...LOL...she's doing something right! I call her my Bohemian friend...*sigh* I probably should change that since she cut off all her long blonde hair and went au natural...Oh, well...Lisa...babe...BACK UP YOUR HARDDRIVE!...ROFLOL!
This tall gentleman with the mustache is William K Jensen, the literary agent!
While this gentleman is none other than Terry Whalin, the fiction acquisitions editor at Howard Books. I'm holding up his Book Proposals That Sell. Believe me when I say, if you want a leg up on the competition, this is a book that you need!
And this darling girl, is Jennifer Peterson. The Senior review editor for Peterson Ink, the inhouse publishing company responsible for Heartsong Presents line of Barbour Books. She is just delightful...and thanks again Jenn, for the help with the prologue!
So here we sit, tired and happy...and with funny, glowing eyes from the camera! We met so may cool people that I can't even name them all, but Jeff Edmondson...Yikes! LOL...sorry Jeff, I just realized what I said on your tape!, Julie Smith, Bryan Davis, Wanda Dyson, Patricia Haley, Cec Murphey, Joyce Moccero, and Pam Halter (I know she has a blog! Mimi, what's the address??) top the list!
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and that you had a safe trip!
have a great day!
Bonnie, I MISSED you!
Love these pictures, natural, none of that awkward, artificial posing. (Bet they wouldn't dare, you'd swat them)
How nice to have you back.
Glad you had a great time.
I'm still catching my breath on the awe of knowledge gained from the conference.
That's too bad about the cheesesteak. A good one is really a treat. It's the bread.
Tell us more about all the happenings. I bet you've got some stories.
Welcome back!
You will have to tell us all the things you've learned.
It looks like a lot of fun to go to one of these conferences, not to mention informative. I haven't written any books, though!
Maybe I could go as a writer's conference groupie?