That was followed by the first workshop session. In this biz, the author I've been friends with the longest is Kathleen Duey. So I was feeling pretty cool getting to "guest speak" in her workshop to a class full of teen writers. No, not adult writers writing for teens, but teenaged writers. While this conference is geared toward adults, they've started offering teen-writer tracks, as well as special scholarships for those teens. Much respect to the people who thought of that!
On Saturday, I attended a few workshops which gave me ideas for writing topics to discuss later on my blog. But in each of those workshops, I was slightly nervous because in the afternoon...I was to be presented with a plaque! And they expected me to say something inspiring! THE PRESSURE!!!
They named me the Central Coast Writers' Conference 2010 Success Story, which was an extremely kind and wonderful honor. I began writing while attending Cuesta College (the location of this conference), and the Central Coast Writers' Conference was my first professional step toward publication. So I briefly shared with them some of the ups and downs of my journey, and I even let them in on a little secret that I haven't shared publicly yet.
Hey, I told you to attend!
And the after-party? Mmm...! It was held in the beautiful garden at Coalesce Bookstore in Morro Bay, and they had nummiest hors d'oeuvres I've ever had. Let me repeat: Mmm...!
See ya there next year!
Nathan Bransford, me, Merrily Kutner, Kathleen Duey
5 comments:
Wow! Looks like a great conference. I need to be in the West! :)
There are a lot of great conferences out here. But look around, I'm sure there are some closer to you!
Wasn't that a great conference! So fun to get to talk with you. Congratulations on your award and on getting going with that next project. Sounds exciting.
And I agree. The world's best party food, ever! The wine was pretty spectacular too.
I was an attendee and loved your speech. Yes, teared up. I'm good that way.
Congratulations on all your success. I wish I introduced myself in person, but a blog is the next best thing, no?
Cheers,
Christine Macdonald
www.poletosoul.com
It was fun. I love leaving the office of silence and daydreams to hang with other writers for a day or two. The adapting screenplays-to-novels session gave me a lot to think about.
Loved meeting JoanMarie. How smart you are to have a lovely wife--who is a really good musician!!! I love the CD.
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