Last week was a whirlwind. My editor came in early before the Moonlight and Magnolias conference and four of us (my editor and two other writers) went white water rafting one day. The Chattooga River is a wild and scenic river which means nothing can be built within a quarter of a mile of it. It’s beautiful and pristine with towering evergreens flanking the river. It’s not hard to imagine that it looked very close to the same several hundred years ago when the native Americans were following the same route in canoes. They filmed the movie Deliverance on this river. Anyway, it was an incredibly beautiful day and the rafting was great. We were the only group on the river. Our guide was a retired professor of historical architecture, a California transplant. Gorgeous weather, beautiful river, good friends, a few exhilirating rapids, interesting conversation–all told, a spectacular day.
The conference went well. If you’re an aspiring writer or a published writing looking for a good regional conference, Moonlight and Magnolias is the one for you. Even if it is my home chapter and I sound as if I’m bragging, it’s a darn good conference. Excellent workshops. Lots of editors and agents. Always a prestigious keynote speaker. Next year we won’t have it because RWA National will be in Atlanta, but go ahead and mark your calendars for 2007.
