Tomorrow morning I’m off to my first Writers’ Conference. “Oh, are you a writer?” is people’s reaction when I explain that I won’t be around on Saturday. It feels rather fake to say, “Yes, I have just written down my first novel, and it’s at the Publishers, and they are looking at it.”
The idea of the team of reviewers wading through my eighty three thousand words is rather embarrassing, as it’s the first time I have written something like that. I also realised that I used tons of adverbs…I like adverbs, but apparently they are a no no… There are also many other hidden traps and pitfalls it seems, so the next few days could be interesting. It’s like a game of minefields, and I always dread the sudden shock of the little squares blowing up. It usually happens when the game is going along nicely, and you start to think ahead to maybe doing a bigger Minefield square…
Tomorrow is different though. Tomorrow I will be in London, a treat in itself! The conference sounds very interesting; it’s like exploring a new world! Fortunately, there are a lot of very kind and helpful people in this new world… The talks sound very good, and I like workshops, even though I have no idea what I’m letting myself in for. There are plenty of coffee breaks, which makes me hope that I’m amongst people who get their priorities right. I love writing, for it has opened up so much for me, and even the children have caught on now! It’s all about stories in our house at the moment, and we’re all eagerly awaiting the first of November when we can all get down to business, and start writing down our daydreams!
So I am looking forward to the conference. I love meeting new people, and I love books, so it should be a wonderful day! And maybe I will learn about a few more mistakes to be avoided at all cost, just in time for NaNoWriMo. So who knows, my second novel might not be as embarrassing as the first one undoubtedly is!