Ta-da!
The award ceremony will be on Saturday, August 2nd, in Phoenix. Hot hot hot in more ways than one. Beautiful women/womyn, all readers, will gather for several days of learning, sharing, laughing, and just hanging out with like-minded intelligent folk. The awards ceremony is a serious thing with a banquet prior and a dance after.
I’m a finalist but not necessarily a winner. However, GCLS treats all the finalists as if they were the winners already decided, which makes me feel good and, yes, gives me a case o’ the big head.
My schedule thus far is:
Wednesday, July 30th
- arrive (time?)
Meet n’ Greet 6:30-9pm
Thursday
- Breakfast (provided) 7:30am (ugh)
Workshop: Page-Turning Plots: Outlining & Organizing Your Novel Part I – 8:30-10:15am
Break (provided)
Workshop: Page-Turning Plots: Outlining & Organizing Your Novel Part II – 10:45-11:45am
Lunch (on my own. any one want to join me?)
Workshop: It’s Not All About You: Creating Story People with Depth Part I – 1:30-2:45pm
Break (provided)
Workshop: It’s Not All About You: Creating Story People with Depth Part II – 3:15-4:30pm (although the Coffee Chat with Joan Opyr and Jane Fletcher sounds like it might be interesting)
Free Evening (there’s an informal “come and meet the board” thing going on)
Friday
- Breakfast (provided) 7:30am (ugh)
Workshop: Coffee Chat w/ Catherine Lundoff & Lynn Ames – 8:30-10:15am (although, many would say I need to go to the author website one)
Break (provided)
Workshop: not sure. might not go to any and instead hang out somewhere
Lunch – I may have lunch with THE Lee Lynch and her Sweetie!
Workshop: Location, Location, Location: Setting, Sense of Place & World-Building – 1:30-2:45pm
Break
Workshop: Two Hearts Beating As One: Traditional Romances and Happy Endings – 3:00-3:45pm (maybe)
Break (provided)
Workshop: Coffee Chat w/ Jess Wells and Lee Lynch – 4:15-5:30pm (how could I miss this one?)
Free Evening – might hitch a ride on the shuttle and go check out the casino or Rawhide Western Town
Saturday
- Breakfast (provided) 8:15am (not as ugh)
General Session: Announcements and stuff before the keynote – 9-9:45am
Keynote Address: Katherine V. Forrest – 10-11:15am
Lunch – (on my own again, sigh)
Workshop: I’m stuck between “When the Past is Present: How to Write Historical Fiction” OR “The Me You Never See” – 1:30-2:30pm
Break
Workshop: Nuts & Bolts: Research, Finding Materials, Respecting Copyright (I’m the Moderator!) – 2:45-4pm (maybe)
Break 4-7pm (I may hitch another ride and go check out the mall)
Reception – 7-7:45
Award Ceremony – 8-9:30pm
Dance – 9:30-12midnight
Sunday
- Breakfast (provided) 8am (not as ugh)
Autograph Session – 9:30-10:30am
Membership Meeting – 11-1pm
Monday
- Come home!