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First, for those who attended the Florida Writers Conference, missed my workshop, and also missed the accompanying handout that covered the material I went over (I noted that the handout table of extras ran out), and for those who are just nibby, I’ve added a page to the blog with a copy of the material:
Rebecca [...]

And here’s the best part: pictures!
Thanks to our PR photographer, author Martha Dougherty, here are a few pics of the memorable event:

Okay — on to the conference pics:

On to the pitches! Here’s a few:

And so many more that we didn’t get photographed.
In case anyone thinks I was working too hard, there was this:
What a great [...]

I returned yesterday from the Florida Writer’s Association Conference. I heard from Chrissy Jackson (president of the association) the exact attendance number, but I don’t trust my memory down to the last person. I believe, however, that mentioning 280 is a very close approximation to what she cited.
280 (give or take a couple, probably more [...]

Crunch Time:
The Florida Writer’s Conference is coming up this coming week! Considering I was booked nearly a year ago. . . well, the old analogy about time flying certainly fits.
I’m making the final brush-ups on the material I want to go over, I’m hearing from people planning to attend inquiring what material I’ll be interested in [...]

Rumours of my death are premature, too bad I started them.
I find that, after one eye surgery, I have a rosier outlook on life, and that includes blogging. The other factor in The Slushpile Blog’s resurrection is that I find that I have a lot of useful material in here. Things that I found myself [...]