I've just returned from a wonderful non-conference weekend at Red River, NM. For about the past eight years, a groups of writers including myself have gotten together every October to meet, talk, discuss and support each other. We don't have scheduled talks, although one can give one if one wishes, we can bring up any topic we wish, writing related, and we just spend time with other writers. No meals except the ones you plan for yourself, no fees except the lodging, which you arrange yourself, no committees, no key speakers, no signings, no fuss, except those you create yourself.
Ahh, the joys of being a writer.
--Gabi
Books I'm reading now:
Rivals for the Crown by Kathleen Givens
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
Moon Women by Pamela Duncan
About Me
- Gabi Stevens
- A mild-mannered (hah!) romance writer with a taste for adventure and humor. And a wicked addiction to books.
2 comments:
The conference sounds wonderful. What a great idea. I wonder how you got started?
It all came about because of a conversation. A group of us from Amarillo and Albuquerque were sitting around one evening at the RWA conference in Anaheim, and Jodi Thomas said we should get together without all the hoopla, just writers, and just talk writing. We could arrange all our own food, lodging, etc. She knew of a place in Red River, so we just did it. That year. And we've met every year since then. Wehave a group that comes from Albuquerque, Amarillo,other parts of Texas, and Arkansas. This year we had less than 16 people, and it was lovely.
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