Whew! I’m finally home—and home for a while!
But I had a great time at the ACFW Conference this weekend. Here are some things I enjoyed:
•Participating in the skit at the opening session. (I was Deb Raney. I’ll post a picture soon.)
•Making friends with lots of new people just for the sake of making friends! (I don’t think I exchanged business cards with ANYONE because I was too focused on them as a person, not a business contact!)
•A GREAT critique session with author Maureen Lang. She gave me some much needed encouragement and incentive to keep working on my current book.
•Overcoming a bit of my public speaking fears when I had to introduce the speaker in a large session.
•Spending down time with Mary DeMuth in our room at night processing the events of each day.
•Feeling comfortable in my “writer-skin,” feeling like I belonged, that I wasn’t an interloper, or a tag-along, that I didn’t have to justify labeling myself as a writer.
God met me there—not with contracts or requests for manuscripts, but with Himself. I met Him one-on-one in the worship times and in the prayer room and I met him in eyes and hearts of other writers.
It was very much worth every bit of money and every moment of time.
D’Ann,
Good to have the opportunity to visit with you at ACFW. I see a contract in your future. Don’t give up.
D’Ann, I enjoyed being in the skit with you and talking to you here and there! You always seemed to have a ready smile, and that was a blessing to me. I’m adding you to my blog list over at Carla’s Writing Cafe. Keep in touch.