full circle

It was 7 years ago. I'd had my first book published and my second was under contract, due to come out soon. I went a third time to a great local writing conference that lasted a week. In the mornings, we spent 4 hours with a veteran writers in our chosen field, workshopping and learning about writing. The afternoons were breakout sessions with other authors, agents, and editors, talking about more general writing and business topics. I had found one of my editors at this very conference,...