This is a picture of Pam and I at the beach near San Francisco. This has nothing to do with this post, but I am putting it up anyway. Somehow, in every picture, her hair looks perfect and mine is...less than perfect. Oh well.

I attended a writers conference with Julene at UVU a couple of weeks ago. It was a lot of fun, and quite informative. They had a panel of editors there who answered questions and offered general information on publishing. One of them pointed out that when querying an agent or editor, you should have a professional email address. That never occurred to me. I thought that smirky19@excite.com (coincidentally created when I was 19) would be just fine. So, I created a new email address today. It's perfectly boring, but I'll get over it.

The conference also inspired me to write. I have a set a five page goal for myself. I am not allowed to sleep until I have written five pages. I am also not allowed to revise until I have written five pages. (Naturally revision will be required if I am writing five pages a day.) (I am already thinking about scenes that need revision even as I write this blog. Luckily, the manuscript is tucked safely away at home where I can't get to it.)

So the plan is to finish a rough draft of Writer's Block this month, and have a few people critique it for me. While they critique, I shall work on my second book. (Technically my third, but the first one needs too much work to count...) I plan to join the craziness that is NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and attempt to finish The Close Enough Hero in one month. I'll probably have to spend the next few months revising it, but it's a start!