Florida Writers Association Conference at Disney
A whirlwind this week! I just returned from the annual conference of the Florida Writers Association in vibrant Orlando, Florida. This year’s event, held at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, was a big hit with members, now 800 strong. On Saturday, I attended informative presentations by authors Dan Poynter (Self Publishing Manual; Skydivers Handbook; http://ParaPublishing.com), M.B. Weston (A Prophecy Forgotten, available from ArcheBooks Publishing, http://www.archebooks.com/), and Patricia Camburn Behnke (Tortoise Stew). I only wish I’d had time to attend others, too. Want to see pictures? I took photos of M.B. Weston during her presentation. You can view them at http://www.elysianchronicles.com/FWA_Confrence_2006.htm.Also, I met and chatted with a number of aspiring writers, including TMMercury, horror-writer Dan Strohschein, and smiling Sandy, whose last name I missed. I really enjoyed meeting everyone and gathering useful information about the art, craft, and business of writing. Anyone interested in joining the Florida Writers Association can visit the group’s website: http://www.floridawriters.net/. Robert Gelinas of ArcheBooks Publishing, Inc., has done a fine job of upgrading the FWA website.
My romance novel, A Chance to Say Yes, is still scheduled for release in March, 2007. I am looking forward to the next few months. Truly exciting!
posted by Tina Murray @ 6:07 PM
3 Comments:
Your blog is interesting. Are you going to write about writing?
Despite the fun you may have had (of which I'm extremely jealous), I'd hesitate to call Orlando vibrant. Unlike any other place in Florida, I find it's a shell of a city. It's transient. I get depressed just being there. Naples, on the other hand...
Well, that's a town about which to write a story.
I do want to focus on writing. I'll do that as the process unfolds.
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