Last week my family and I flew up to the sunny Gold Coast where I participated in the Romance Writers of Australia annual conference. To sum up the three days, four nights I mingled with other like minded people was fantastic. I caught up with old friends and met wonderful new ones. This is a quick round up of what I did.
Thursday night I attended Penguin Group (Australia’s) Special Event celebrating the opening of their digital first imprint – Destiny Romance. If you’re looking to submit to them their full submission details can be found here.
Friday I spent all day listening to Alexandra Sokoloff talk about screenwriting tricks for authors (and screenwriters!) Alexandra was excellent but a little scary for a panster writer like myself, but still, I had a few light bulb moments.
Friday night I attended the Harlequin Cocktail Party – Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend. There were plenty of bling floating about along with lots of champagne and wonderful food. I dressed up but I’m yet to find a piccy to share. Not that I went as anything special. ;p
Saturday was conference day one. I feel like I was spoilt with what I attended and listened too. Here’s a little round up.
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I received my first sale ribbon! Very exciting!!
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Keynote address – Eloisa James. OMG HOW FRIGGIN’ COOL WAS THAT!! And yes, I was a little teary.
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Beyond the Big Six – Panel discussion
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Relentless Conflict – Helene Young
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Revisions: Rewriting, Editing and Proofreading – Ally Blake
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Putting sizzle into every scene – Fiona Lowe
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New York, New Directions – Panel discussion
Saturday night I attended the awards dinner where we all glammed up again and had fun celebrating all the wins and sales of our fabulous authors in the organisation.
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| Fantastic Anna Campbell and Moi. |
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| Awards Night! |
Sunday was conference day two! Starting to get tired but still a fantastic day of events.
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The Early Bird Gets the
WormWisdom – 10 Things I Know Now – Eloisa James -
Harlequin Australia – What we really do – Haylee Kerans
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Speed Dating with Aussie Publishers – Part I – Panel discussion
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The Most Perfect Cloth Fabrics for Georgian and Regency Characters – Bronwyn Parry
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Turn up the heat: How to write steamy sex scenes – Nicole R Murphy
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The hidden strength of secondary characters – Erin Grace
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Speed Dating with Aussie Publishers – Part II – Panel discussion
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Conference close
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| Moi holding Fiona Lowe’s RITA!! She was sooo heavy. 😀 |
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| Just for the RWAust conference we were lucky enough to have copies available to buy of Eloisa James new book, The Ugly Duchess! I believe they all sold out!! 😀 |
*wipes brow* It was a fantastic conference and I want to thank everyone who organized this mammoth event. The food was great, the company excellent and I can’t wait to do it all again in twelve months time. Bring on Perth!!!
