RWA National Conference

July 13, 2009 – 8:00 am

My bags are packed (or will be once I remove my feline stowaway) and I am ready to travel to Washington DC for my first national conference as an aspiring author!

Though I have attended RWA in the past, I must admit that I was never quite this excited–or nervous. And that is certainly saying something seeing as the first time I attended, I had to introduce two bestselling authors, Madeline Hunter and Allison Brennan, to a room of about one hundred librarians. I practiced my introductions for hours in my hotel room the night before the event. The second time I traveled to RWA was for a breakfast with my clients at the time, Levy Home Entertainment, and a group of Random House authors. I was also able to go to a session where my clients spoke about their promotional opportunities. This gave me a taste of what the seminars at RWA have to offer and now I am eagerly awaiting my chance to attend three full days of informative sessions.

While both of my previous trips to RWA were fun and rewarding, this time I am looking forward to pitching Flirting with Scandal and meeting my fellow romance writers. I would welcome any and all advice from those who have attended in the past. And I would love to hear from anyone else who is suffering from a case of pre-conference jitters!

Jerrica says:

July 13, 2009 at 9:27 am

Great post, Sarah! LOVE your stowaway! Dr. Snuggle has been using Eric’s suitcase as a snuggle post for the last few days, so he’s yet to put any clothes in it. LOL!

I have to say, I was way more nervous for NJRW than I am for Nationals, which seems silly! I’m thinking it’s because of the pregnancy hormones though – I’ve felt lobotomized ever since I got pregnant – a wonderful and new feeling for a typically Type A bundle of energy But I know you’re not alone – many of my crit partners are shaking in their boots with nerves! However, I have no doubt we’re all going to have an amazing time!