tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post3501735961161234493..comments2024-02-12T02:28:12.317-05:00Comments on The Writers' Group: Making a Literary Life Friday: Party!Lynne Griffin and Amy MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11107479565926998943noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-40667422001052355522008-10-24T23:40:00.000-04:002008-10-24T23:40:00.000-04:00Just wanted to say thanks for recommending Carolyn...Just wanted to say thanks for recommending Carolyn See's Making a Literary Life. I picked it up a few weeks ago (in that same store I finally bought Tethered) and am enjoying it tremendously. She's so sarcastic and wise and inspiring and you can't help but get back to your WIP after reading a chapter.<BR/><BR/>Now that I'm living in a real city (near Toronto) with bookstores, libraries, and most importantly grandparents to watch my kids once in a while, hopefully I'll be able to get to some author readings and writers' conferences again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-43848307548333539842008-10-24T20:59:00.000-04:002008-10-24T20:59:00.000-04:00Shauna, as someone who's a stickler for punctualit...Shauna, as someone who's a stickler for punctuality, that would have driven me mad. Call it my Scottish genes, maybe Portuguese.Amy MacKinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13046229425863274840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-35923923899628652322008-10-24T19:01:00.000-04:002008-10-24T19:01:00.000-04:00I've had mostly good conference experiences. I gue...I've had mostly good conference experiences. I guess my worst was attending a day of the Tennessee Williams festival in New Orleans several years ago (famous for its "Stella!" shouting contest). The conference was sloppy and disorganized in every way. For example, I showed up late at the conference hotel to attend my first talk, only to learn that the conference had been moved and the hotel staff did not know where to. After asking several people who looked writerly, I found out the new location, which was several blocks away. I rushed over, fearing I would miss the whole talk, and found the doors locked. However, they soon were unlocked, and I went inside to find that I had not missed the talk at all; in fact, the theater staff was still setting up the theater for the conference and almost no attendees had shown up yet (NOLA is not called the Big Easy for nothing). The talk started something like an hour or an hour and a half late. I remember only two things: 1. My neighbor won a prize for his unpublished novel, and 2. The lady in the seat next to me had a son with multiple sclerosis and told me many interesting things about him and the disease. I never attended another Tennessee Williams festival. Too hard on my German genes.Shauna Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871768714926149114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-80992968612911724362008-10-24T12:54:00.000-04:002008-10-24T12:54:00.000-04:00la belette rouge,Going to conferences can be tough...la belette rouge,<BR/><BR/>Going to conferences can be tough at first, but it gets easier the more you attend. Search the blog for our posts on attending events...you'll find a number of pearls from Amy, Lisa and Hannah.<BR/><BR/>LynneLynne Griffin and Amy MacKinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107479565926998943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-44648570801424236762008-10-24T10:36:00.000-04:002008-10-24T10:36:00.000-04:00I am delighted to find your blog exploring the mak...I am delighted to find your blog exploring the making of a literary life. I am writing about Carolyn See's fantastic book on my blog too.<BR/>I hope you come over and say hello.<BR/>http://tinyurl.com/5snjao<BR/><BR/>As to conferences, as a bit of an introvert I do not love writing conferences. Carolyn's advice to get out to literary events and conferences is perhaps the hardest for me.<BR/><BR/>LOL @ only writing happy. I do not only write happy.La Belette Rougehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686717070120116918noreply@blogger.com