I get to go to Manhattan -- my favorite destination. I will be surrounded by interesting people in an industry I love. My head will be spinning with ideas and suggestions. I will be reminded of how much I don't know and I will be reinvigorated to learn. I'll swap notes with my friend Abby, who also attends, and we'll brainstorm with each other.
It's only a long weekend but it's expensive. I have to justify it to myself every year. When this year's agenda/registration landed in my inbox, I shared it with the Belle. I shared it with my mother. I called Abby. All agreed: You must go.
It's ripe with possibility. Maybe I'll meet an editor who will be a potential partner or an agent that shows an interest in my writing. Maybe the other writers I meet will send me referrals.
My self-imposed rule is simple. I must learn or meet someone that can:
Improve my writing, or
Enhance the bottom line of my company, or
Show me a new skill, or
Open doors.
I'm tired. I haven't packed. But, I'm giddy with anticipation.
3 comments:
I think this is my favorite weekend of the year -- going to this conference. I, too, have a rule that I need to come back and act on something I learned.
Last year Sheri and I attended a blogging course. While wide-eyed and overwhelmed, we came home and started ours up.
This year we are taking it a bit farther: forcing ourselves to participate in the evening group activities with the other writers -- something I typically turn down.
I understand that you started this blog after attending last year and you have touched so many lives by it. Can't wait to see what is next. Enjoy! Patsy
Wish I was going with you. Manhattan is my favorite city also. I'd live there if I had a kibillion dollars.
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