On Sunday, I got back from my first ever Moonlight & Magnolias conference.

It was a good conference.  I had a lot of fun.  Mostly spent my time chatting with Donna MacMeans and D. Renee Bagby.  I didn’t think I knew too many people there…until of course blogger Dren came by while I was signing.  And then Shelby Reed is who is like one of my oldest online writing friends…we’ve been emailing off and on since 2004.  There were a few others, but my brain exploded once the booksigning really got underway.

I hit several workshops. Mary Burton and Kate Brady gave excellent ones.

I even found some inspiration in an exercise that Kate did that helped spur an idea that I’m now playing with quite happily.  Noooo…  I’m not giving details