Blogging from the RWA Conference in San Francisco

For too many years, I have watched my fellow RWA members truck to exotic spots such as Reno, Atlanta and Dallas for the National Conference. I was green with envy, wishing I could be there, too. I eagerly read their blogs daily to get some news of the conference. Some wrote about the conference and some didn't. I yearned for some way to be connected to my writer friends while they rubbed elbows with other writers. Through luck, I stumbled upon a few other RWA members who were blogging from the conference. Still, I was never satisfied. I also felt that I could not be the only writer who wished for a closer connection to the conference. Why couldn't someone blog daily and tell us what was happening?

I am not naive and I realize a participant is probably extremely busy at the conference. But couldn't a writer use the blog as journal to chronicle her daily life during the conference?

My dream is going to come true. *I* am going to blog daily from the RWA National Conference in San Francisco. You can come here every day and find out what I did at the conference each and every day. I promise to tell you as much as I can. I promise to post pictures. I promise to give you a synopsis of the workshops I take and to tell you all about each person I meet.

I want you to experience the conference with me.

Join me when I start my journey, leaving home, on July 28.

Personal Goals

I have had a professional goal for many many years, more than ten years. Somewhere along the way, my day job changed and the goal changed. It more than changed, it just didn't matter anymore. Last year, an outside force made me rethink that goal and brought it to the top of my list. This past month, I achieved my long-time goal for my profession. I have been celebrating my achievement.

Which made me think about my writing goals. I have a half finished manuscript that s*cks. Would I ever change the plot and make it better? Maybe. I have another manuscript that has been rejected by too many editors. Would I continue to shop it? Probably not. My third manuscript is my WIP. What is my goal for the WIP? To have it published by a NY publisher. Can I achieve it? Yes. ... okay... maybe.

But just because NY publisher is very difficult to get, doesn't mean it's impossible. I can achieve it. Just like I acheived my professional goal from years ago.