Ramping up for RWA
Monday, January 21, 2008
It's official -- I'm spending all of my money so that I can attend the 2008 Romance Writers of America convention this July. Yahoo!
For me, this is a huge step as this represents a huge commitment to my writing career. Not that I wasn't committed before, mind you, but to voluntary put myself in an environment where I can rub shoulders with the who's who in the industry -- and lots of other crazy people -- will certainly help me explore breaking into and being successful as an author.
Plus, the hotel has a pool. ;)
In order to prepare, I've added a few more things to my to-do list:
1. Memorize elevator speech about already completed manuscript.
2. Finish current manuscript.
3. Write and memorize elevator speech for that manuscript too.
4. Study photos of the people I want to meet so I can spot them at the pool.
5. Figure out all the places I want to check out in San Francisco.
6. Tattoo the synopsis for each novel somewhere on my body for easy reference.
Hmm, I'm wondering if I should go with the long or short versions of my synopses. ;)
For me, this is a huge step as this represents a huge commitment to my writing career. Not that I wasn't committed before, mind you, but to voluntary put myself in an environment where I can rub shoulders with the who's who in the industry -- and lots of other crazy people -- will certainly help me explore breaking into and being successful as an author.
Plus, the hotel has a pool. ;)
In order to prepare, I've added a few more things to my to-do list:
1. Memorize elevator speech about already completed manuscript.
2. Finish current manuscript.
3. Write and memorize elevator speech for that manuscript too.
4. Study photos of the people I want to meet so I can spot them at the pool.
5. Figure out all the places I want to check out in San Francisco.
6. Tattoo the synopsis for each novel somewhere on my body for easy reference.
Hmm, I'm wondering if I should go with the long or short versions of my synopses. ;)
Labels: adventures, goals, writing
posted by Bonnie Staring at 3:41 PM
6 Comments:
I can't wait for Frisco. I'm not staying in the RWA hotel as it's uber expensive *sigh* and I'm getting a kick ass deal with the chain of hotels my cousin works for and it's just down the street from the RWA Convention.
Add to list Karoke with Amy in the Castro District!!! :D
Ooh, now I'm even more excited!
You know I just have to ask... what hotel is it? A starwood property perhaps?
I can hook you up with a great tattoo artist in the city incase you have some spare time. My cousin lives there and lets just say that her and her frineds will not be attending the convention.
It's a Marriot, right smack-dab downtown. Near a Bloomingdales and everything. Sweet.
You know I totally would have bugged you for a bargain if it was a Starwood property...thanks for the tattoo offer though. ;)
I guess I qualify under the "...lots of other crazy people"
Squee! I'm so excited. Time to save my pennies and um... maybe write a novel to pitch. Yeah, that would be good.
You've got plenty of time to get that novel written...gulp! I wonder if they'll make us newbies wear Rice-A-Roni hats or anything. ;)
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