2007 RWA National Conference
I am loving this conference! It’s very different than my first “nationals” last year, where I walked around in a gaga-haze, nearly fainting at the sight of my favorite authors doing exotic and unexpected things like eating food and drinking beer.
Because I started off this conference with the fantastic news about my contest win - which was totally unexpected as I thought winners would be announced August 15, the date I had marked on my calendar to start worrying - I’ve been spending more time trying to talk to agents than I’d originally planned.
I’ve heard a bunch of agents (and editors) speak, and have a better sense now of their personal styles and who might be a good fit for me both in terms of my personality and my planned career. I’ve even spoken to a few, including Kristin Nelson of the Nelson Literary Agency, who’s just as nice, funny and intelligent in person as she is on her terrific blog.
In early 2008 Michelle left a fulfilling career as interactive director in an integrated marketing agency to pursue her passion for writing great stories filled with fascinating, intense, real characters who will do anything necessary to achieve their dreams. She’s co-written the audio-play of a Louis L’Amour short story produced by Bantam and Beau L’Amour, worked as an executive assistant for a Hollywood publicist, taught English in Spain, and enjoyed the lofty title of Romance Director running the personals sections of a newsweekly in Los Angeles. She lives in Austin, Texas and spends her spare time adding poems to