Joyce Elson Moore

I just returned from Myrtle Beach where the South Carolina Writers Workshop conference is held each year. After a rainy and windy Friday. the weather cleared Saturday, enough so that the pre-dinner reception could be held outside on the patio of the Hilton.

It was a busy weekend, with agents and editors coming from all over to give panels, interviews, critiques, and fabulous workshops.

Among other popular presentations this year were Charlotte Cook’s (Komenar Press) classes. Word of her seminars got around and on Sunday morning, the time people ordinarily leave to head home, her workshop was standing room only. I’m going to the Komenar website to see where she’s going to be speaking next. I hope it’s somewhere east of the Mississippi!

My daughter lives in Pelham, Alabama, and I decided to take a break from my writing and visit her for a few weeks. I just sent a manuscript to my agent and am starting something new so thought it a good time to get away. Something is always going on at her house, and this time we are reupholstering a very large chair and ottoman. It was fun picking out the material but now the real work begins.

     My online critique group has really slowed down.  Well, that’s what summers are for: hammocks in the shade, visits with family, and reading a good book someone else has written!

The Florida Writers Conference is an annual event here in the Sunshine State, and November is one of our nicest months.

     This year the conference will offer quite a lineup of workshops, offering something for everyone. Subjects range from the craft of writing to marketing the book once it’s published. Manuscript critiques and appointments with agents are more of what the conference offers.

     Click on the link for Florida Writers to the right of this page to go to their website and read more about the conference. See you there!