Whew! I’m finally home—and home for a while!
But I had a great time at the ACFW Conference this weekend. Here are some things I enjoyed:
•Participating in the skit at the opening session. (I was Deb Raney. I’ll post a picture soon.)
•Making friends with lots of new people just for the sake of making friends! (I don’t think I exchanged business cards with ANYONE because I was too focused on them as a person, not a business contact!)
•A GREAT critique session with author Maureen Lang. She gave me some much needed encouragement and incentive to keep working on my current book.
•Overcoming a bit of my public speaking fears when I had to introduce the speaker in a large session.
•Spending down time with Mary DeMuth in our room at night processing the events of each day.
•Feeling comfortable in my “writer-skin,” feeling like I belonged, that I wasn’t an interloper, or a tag-along, that I didn’t have to justify labeling myself as a writer.
God met me there—not with contracts or requests for manuscripts, but with Himself. I met Him one-on-one in the worship times and in the prayer room and I met him in eyes and hearts of other writers.
It was very much worth every bit of money and every moment of time.
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2 comments:
D'Ann,
Good to have the opportunity to visit with you at ACFW. I see a contract in your future. Don't give up.
D'Ann, I enjoyed being in the skit with you and talking to you here and there! You always seemed to have a ready smile, and that was a blessing to me. I'm adding you to my blog list over at Carla's Writing Cafe. Keep in touch.
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