home!

Home again, home again, jiggity jig! And *sooooooo* tired. *laugh* It’s been a bloody magnificent weekend. I have a lot more to write about, and I’ll try to get some of that done this evening, but in short, boy was that fun. *laugh* oh my gawd I’m tired. Off to register cemurphy.com now. :)

off to home

The conference is over, the people are departed, and I, too, am on my way home. See y’all tomorrow. :)

didn’t win!

Well, I didn’t win, but I really feel very strongly that the guy who *did* win really really *deserved* to, so I’m not crushed. I did, incidentally, get 110 out of the possible 120 points, so that’s not too damned shabby, is it? *grin* Off to hobnob more!

bundle of nerves

Bundle of nerves, bundle of nerves. I’ve gone to some utterly fantastic seminars today, and at 3:10 I had a meeting with Winifred Halsey, which, from about 1pm on, I got progressively more nervous about, up until the point I was standing outside the conference room door, at which time I more or less calmed down. ‘More or less’ means my hands are icy cold and the M&Ms I’m now popping like they’re crack cocaine are hard to pick up because I’m trembling, but right now I’m writing to psyche…

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quick post

Quick mid-day update. Went to a positively *fascinating* seminar about using emotion in writing, spent a significant part of the hour thinking, “Boy, I really need to go back and work on that in MD,” then went to lunch with Karen Duvall and Margie Lawson (who was the delightful woman whom Anne Tupler introduced me to last night, and who also gave the seminar on emotion, and met M… damn, I’ve done it again. I want to say Marcie but I’m not sure that’s right. Anyway! Met one of the…

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