By Cassandra Ssmuels
Greetings everyone, what a month it has been. I had the great pleasure to attend the annual Romance Writers of Australia conference in the picturesque Glenelg in Adelaide.
Fellow Blogger and Breathless member, Enisa Haines and I shared a room, and what an amazing view we had.
Friday night was the cocktail party and what fun that was. The theme was Trope Actually and I must say there were many runaway brides that night. Enisa went as a fortune teller complete with Crystal Ball, and I went as all the tropes - most of which fell off during the night. I got in a quick hug with Hugh Jackman, and enjoyed catching up with writing buddies, and finding out what they have been up to since last year.
Saturday was full of amazing workshops including a key speech from BJ Daniels - "It's never too late to reach your dream". Followed by 50 years of Mills and Boon where Enisa was asked, as a founding member of RWAust, to sit on the panel to discuss her long love affair with Mills and Boon books. She is second in from the left.
I then attended a wonderful workshop on "Success with a Series" by Anne Gracie which was timely as I have a series I am writing.
Sunday was again chocka-block full of workshops and key note speeches. "I Don't Just Write Kissing Books" by Elana Johnson was emotional and really made me think why I write what I do.
I didn't get to hear all of Christina Laurens key note, but I heard it was really good, and there were plenty of laughs.
Next year, the conference will be held in Wrest Point in Hobart Tasmania. So if you are interested, check out the RWAustralia website.
I love to love spending time with my writer friends at conference every year.
I love to laugh with my crit partners.
I love to learn New things and ways of writing