And We're Off!

By the time you are reading this, Dee, Kathleen, Sherri, Jacquie and I will be on our way to New York for the annual Romance Writer's Association convention.  Julie will be on her way to the beach.  I bet she packed less than us.

Each year, we go.  We would probably all put it out there that we go to stay abreast of industry trends, to have business meetings, and to attend workshops.  Which is true in large part.  There is a lot of business.  There is business.  We meet with our editors and agents.  We do videos for our publisher's websites.  We do booksignings to support the eradication of literacy (and if you are in the New York area, you should come meet 500 of your favorite authors–proceeds go to fight illiteracy.  Here are the deets).  We whiners are giving a workshop about being whiners (and if you want to know how to be one, come to our workshop at 9:45 Thursday morning).  We meet up with new authors and aspiring authors, we share what we know and what we don't know.  We are scheduled from the crack of dawn until the late at night, when we meet up and drink.  HA!

That's when we really get down to our reason for going.  We all have divergent goals in going, but we also have a common goal:  gossip.  That's what women do.  They get together with friends that they haven't seen in person all year, they hug, they check in on families and careers, and then they get down to brass tacks–good, juicy gossip.   I am not afraid to own it.  If I go spend a week in New York with 2500 of my closest friends, I better come home with some dirt.  I am not always successful, but if I hear any, I'll let you know .

We'll be around so stick around this week!

 

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