Monday, November 09, 2009

Eating Lunch With Christina Dodd Can Be Dangerous...

The writer's retreat I went to this weekend was fabulous and full of wonderful authors (CL Wilson, Karen Rose, Roxanne St. Claire, Lara Santiago, Kathy Carmichael, Julie Leto, Connie Brockway and Christina Dodd, to name a few.) We had a wonderful time and even got some writing done! Grand Central Publishing editor Amy Pierpont was also in the house and gave some great insight into what editors like and dislike when looking at "cold" pages.

The weekend ended with a casual lunch and I don't want to name too many names, but let's just say that if you ever eat lunch next to Christina Dodd, you may get wet. (Although she was generous enough to give me a bite of her pea salad.) Watching her and Connie Brockway go back and forth was quite a treat. They should have their own show. So long as Connie didn't nap instead. ;o)

TARA is a great chapter. If you ever get the chance to attend their retreat, take it!

11 comments:

  1. Hi Kristen :)
    Thank you for sharing. It sounds like TARA was a fantastic event & time. So many great writers like you there! The conversations alone must have been worth going.
    Thank you again,
    Love & Best Wishes,
    RKCharron
    xoxo

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  2. Wow. What an amazing group of authors. Sounds like quite a lunch.

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  3. Still SO JEALOUS. Although drier than you, apparently.

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  4. sounds just fabulous- what an interesting group of writers!

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  5. Oh, how cool!! Sounds like so much fun!

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  6. Sounds awesome:)) Glad you could go!

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  7. It sounds like a great time. I hope that once my life gets straightened out, I can focus on rejoining an RWA chapter.

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  8. That sounds like so much fun! Glad you had such a great time :)

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  9. Ah looks and sounds like you had a great time! I'm jealous. :)

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  10. Great pic! Sounds like you had a blast;)

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