Southern California Writers' Conference

It's that time of year again!  I know I've been quiet lately, but those pesky "life" and "work" things have been getting in the way.  As seems to be the usual.

Stay tuned 'cause I'll be reporting live this weekend from the Southern California Writers' Conference in San Diego, California.  I'm very excited about this event.  I went last year and posted all my notes, and I'll do the same this year.  Here is their posted schedule.

It's a lot of fun, and I'm looking forward to it!

You can do it put your back into it, I can do it put your ass into it...

I’m going to admit, I’ve been a bit demoralized since the whole manuscript deletion thing.  Granted, I’ve recovered most of it, but it’s like I’ve been scared to touch it since.  My attitude towards it lately has been pretty “blah,” and my motivation just…sort of evaporated.

Something happened last night that helped perked me up.  A friend of mine—someone I’ve known for 25 years—asked me for help writing a paper.  At that point, it was like I had suddenly reverted back to my juvenile good ol’ days.  And I realized, this is something that I’ve always helped people with.  Throughout high school, college, and even in the office environment, I’ve been the reviewer.  The beta-reader.  The editor.  And occasionally—*cough*—the actual author of other people’s homework assignments >.>

Basically, this incident reinforced that I can write.  It’s what I’m good at.  People come to me for help with writing, because they know I can do it.  This also made me realize that even if I’d somehow not been able to recover the manuscript, I could have re-written the entire thing and actually made it better the second time around.  Not that I’d want to do all that, but I know I have that capability.

So what’s the point?  The point is that I need to get my ass back to work and pump out this goddamn story.  The Writers’ Conference is next month, and I don’t want to show up completely empty-handed.

Southern California Writers' Conference

Si, si!  I will be attending the Southern California Writers' Conference!  I'm so excited.  It's going to be held February 17th-20th (Presidents' Day weekend) at Crowne Plaza San Diego.  The registration was my early Christmas present, so I'm bouncing off the walls like a nutter....

More conference info here: http://www.writersconference.com/sd/