Pining For the Langham Pillows

                                                                            Last week was HUGE!  But as part of the most amazing conference committee, we did it!  A group of random authors came together and organised the 17th RWA conference and it was awesome!  Over 200 romance authors gathered in the glorious Langham hotel to work and play for three big days. We heard Barbara Samuel tell us how to take care of the ‘girls in the basement’, we had Lorenzo demonstarte medievil weaponary, I did a workshop on backstory (yes I will get it up on my website for September) and loads and loads more.  But it wasn’t all work. We had some wonderful play time and the Harlequin Cocktail Party kicked off the conference. The theme was One Enchanted Century and we had evil fairies, princesses, witches and the occassional pirate.  After four days of full-on action, it took a day or so to catch up on sleep but then the arrival of copy edits grounded me pretty quickly   Enjoy some photos…..

Kiki, Sue, Fiona and Serena

 These three photos show the Conference Committee. We were so busy we forgot to get a group photo!

Making Lists and Checking them a Thousand Times

Two more sleeps and then I will be at The Langham Hotel, Southbank Melbourne! More than a year’s worth of planning and preparation has gone into the RWA 17th Conference and it’s hard to believe we’re almost there. 

So this is where I’m spending the weekend  

I’ll be back next week with pics of authors at play…I mean hard at work………

Nine Days until Conference

A picture says 1000 words?

Nine days until the Romance Writers of Australia’s 17th Conference in Melbourne and the conference committee is in full swing with all those last minute things that really tie a conference together.  Writing is but a vague memory……BUT the Conference is going to be GREAT!!!

Holiday? What holiday….

I’m so glad you all enjoyed reading about Borneo and thanks for the comments. It seems a long time ago now especially as I’ve just survived birthday season. Five family birthdays in a month and three in my house! But today I have put away my cake bowl and spatula and I’m fully focused on the Romance Writer’s of Australia’s 17th conference at the beautiful Langham Hotel in Melbourne.

If you were thinking of coming you need to act FAST as registrations close on August 8th.  As well as being on the conference committee I’m also giving a workshop on Finding the Zen of Your Backstory so I am about to enlist the help of DS1 and DS2 with their multi media skills.

All this is fun but it takes a toll on writing. Nick is trying desperately to seduce Kirby but he’s not getting very far as everytime I open up the chapter some conference crisis intervenes. Poor Nick, I hope to be able to help him out very soon.