Terri Osburn's Blog, page 11

I Done Good

When I was a child, music was everything. When I wasn’t listening to my albums, my nose was in a book. When my nose wasn’t in a book, I was sitting on the porch with the boom box listening to cassettes. Yes, I am that old. But my point is, music and books have always been my thing.

Fast forward twenty-five years and it’s like watching my childhood be relived by a taller, prettier version of my 13 year old self.

My daughter has always been into music. As she should be since I was a full time di...

PAINT ALL THE THINGS!

I have been moving every two to three years since I was 18. Several of those moves across state lines. I’m odd in that I’m a creature of habit who loves change. The bigger the better. However, when I bought a house two years ago, I knew my frequent moves were over for a while. I’d have to find another way to get my change fix. That’s probably want has brought on this new intense desire to PAINT ALL THE THINGS.

Before moving in, I painted the bedrooms upstairs and paid someone else to (poorly)...

Drum Roll Please!

This is an exciting day for me. I’ve been keeping this secret for two weeks but I finally have the go-ahead to take it public.

I SOLD!!!

I’ve accepted an offer from Montlake Romance for my Anchor Island series and could not be happier. I’ve been through shock, panic, disbelief, utter fear, and what could be considered an out-of-body experience since getting the call. (Did I mention that was two weeks ago? TWO WEEKS!!)

A call for which I was completely calm. Eerily calm. To the point my agent ask...

Conference Recap Part One

View from balcony

I set a goal to have a conference wrap up blog up no later than today. So here you go. But since I couldn’t possible fit everything into one blog, I’m doing a partial recap today and the second half will be up on the Romance Writers Revenge on Monday.

I could start with the flying debacle. Suitcase overweight (lesson learned!) and first flight delayed so connection almost missed (another lesson learned!) but that’s typical travel stuff. I could start with the moment I sat down...

Look How Slowly I’m Twitching

I’m not typically a spastic person. In fact, most people would say I’m the opposite of spastic to the point of being annoyingly laid back. I’ve attended the RWA National conference on three previous occasions, always with the joy and excitement of get...<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]></p>

I’m a Guest!

My third guest blog of the summer and I couldn’t be more thrilled than to be spending the day with the lovely PJ, Gannon, Andrea, and Buffy over at the Romance Dish. I’m talking about this Golden Heart experience really being the ultimate reader fantasy. What could be better for a long-time Romance devotee than to suddenly be flung into the middle of the best in the business??

Come share your favorite author encounters or who you wish you have for tea.

Making A List And Checking It Twice…Or Not

I board a flight for Anaheim, CA in eleven days. That’s less than two weeks. Roughly 264 hours. Or 15,840 minutes. Though depending on when you read this, that number could be substantially lower. Suffice it to say, it’s not long now.

At this point I should have a list. Some reference sheet where I can mark off all the things I’ve yet to do. Another for all the things I need to take. Another for all the places I need to be and when I need to be there. Do I have these lists?

Of course not. Gah!

I...