Writing at the Edge of Your Comfort Zone

I don’t really love public speaking.  I like to think I’m not bad at it, but it is something I do with sheer determination rather than any sense of delight.  Last weekend, at the marvelous NOLA Written in the Stars conference, I gave two workshops with the lovely and talented Kim Law – with a determined smile on my face.  And you know what?  It was pretty dang great.

I remember the first conference I ever went to.  How blown away I was by the workshops at the Moonlight and Magnolias Conferen...