The Dallas Conference
September 26, 2007
Technically, I was in Dallas last week, but really I was only at the airport, then the airport shuttle, the hotel, and then the reverse back to the airport. I think I spent all of about an hour outside in the Dallas air and weather. The rest of the time I was inside the Marriot Quorum eating, sleeping, or learning.
It was a great week. I met a number of new people and of course connected with some I’ve met via blogging. I didn’t think to take pictures as often as I should have, but here’s a few to recap my trip.
This is me with my roommate and friend, Maureen Lang. Maureen’s a great writer, and I got to hear the ideas she’s working on next. They sound great. I don’t know that we took any of the same classes, but we did get to hang out together at meals and general sessions and had a lot of fun doing that.
And these wonderful ladies are three of my critique partners. That’s me, Terri Gillespie (who’s written a fantastic story set in Philly about Messianic Jews), Julie Dearyan (who’s signed with Chip MacGregor and is shopping around a number of books, non-fiction and fiction. She’s super talented.), and Cynthia Ruchti (who also has an incredible story about a woman who searches the Canadian wilderness for her missing husband).
Cynthia also received the Member Service award for her volunteer work for ACFW. Anyone who’s a part of that organization knows how much she deserved that. I don’t think I know of anyone better at encouraging than Cynthia is, and she definitely ranks up there in the giving category as well. Congrats, Cynthia!
I’ve got more pictures, but I’ll save those for next week since these pictures are on the ginormous side. Stay tuned — there’ll be more details next week.
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4 Responses to “The Dallas Conference”
It was a delight to meet Terri G. and Cynthia Ruchti in person. You wouldn’t believe how I was mangling Cynthia’s last name! LOL I’ve caught her radio program here on KFSI from time to time.
The conference was great! I wish I could emerge from this post-conference twilight zone a bit and clear my head. Maybe by tomorrow…
I didn’t know Cynthia R. is one of your crit partners. That must be fun. She’s a riot! And you’re right (at least judging from her emails), she’s always encouraging.
You’re so right about airport, shuttle, hotel, shuttle, airport. We went to dinner once, but other than that we were inside the bubble!
Sally, I’m just now getting around to catching up on your blog. How fun to relive a slice of the Dallas conference with you today! Please send me the picture of the four of us from the critique group. We all look as happy as if we’d just signed a three-book contract. It’s probably prophetic, right?