Phew!
Another Romance Writers of America conference has come and gone. It is both an exhilarating
and exhausting experience, but it definitely fires me up to come home and start
writing romances again!
This
year’s conference was at the Swan and Dolphin hotels at Walt Disney World. An
appropriate venue for letting a writer’s imagination soar!
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| View from my hotel room |
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| An egret?? |
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| Quintessential Florida |
The
conference was full of workshops, publisher spotlights, agent and editor
appointments, networking events with bloggers and librarians, special interest
group parties, the RITA awards, and (first time this year) the Golden Heart award luncheon
for unpublished writers.
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| My favorite part of the luncheon - dessert! |
One
of the highlights of the conference for me was a pop-up bookstore that appeared
in the hotel hallway near the conference registration desk. Books, totes,
pillows, bookmarks, anything a writer could need or want. These particular items
always brought a smile to my face as I rushed by on my way to a
workshop...
Another highlight was the annual Literacy signing. This year, more than 400 authors autographed their books to raise money to help fund literacy efforts. It was a chance for the public (and fellow writers) to meet their favorite romance authors!
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| Literacy signing |
After
four days of non-stop industry input and events, I was exhausted.
But,
as always, I was very happy I went. I even celebrated my final night in the happiest
place on Earth by going out to see the fireworks over Disney.
Next
year’s RWA conference will be in Denver, and I’m sure by then my poor feet will be
recovered enough to hit the ground running once again!
P.S.
Next month I’ll be travelling in Europe (and dragging Jenna Ives with me) so
neither of us will be posting in September, but we promise lots of fantastic
stories when we return!
Leigh
Court
