It was a small group and agent Meg Ruley and author Lisa Gardner mingled with everyone and invited us to ask them questions at any time during the conference. I surprised myself by being very nervous around Meg Ruley. Usually I can talk to anyone - I was practically tongue tied. I'm planning on setting a mystery in Portland, Maine and I met lots of people who can help me with my research. I loved Meg Ruley and Lisa looks very young as you can see from her picture. Lisa presented an informative and entertaining session on Writing Romantic Suspense.
A detective from the Atlanta police department, Danny Agan, presented a great session on crime scenes and investigation. As I listened to his southern drawl I could picture my Savannah detective in my RS. He also gave us his email if we had questions - a great resource for Shattered
Diana Love and Mary Buckham gave several sessions on Beginnings, Conflict and world Building. They're both good speakers and I have templates and notes to revisit as I revise my next story.
The overwhelming message I received, especially from Meg Ruley is: Write what you're passionate about. It shows.
Focus on what you want to write rather than flitting from one thing to the other trying to find the next hot thing.
4 comments:
Anne, what a great write-up of the KOD Retreat. Wasn't it a wonderful weekend? I'm so glad to have met you and the others that you mention there. This is what RWA is all about, writers coming together.
Anne, sounds like a great conference. Networking with other writers is always energizing. Sounds like you've really embraced the mystery/suspense genre. Way cool!
I hope it was a revision letter from Diana. Bad girl making us wait!
Sounds like a great conference, Anne. I love mystery and suspense novels and Shattered sounds awesome!
I like Meg Ruley's message, and I think it's true. Whenever you write from the heart, it shines through.
Sounds like a great conference Anne!
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