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January 14, 2005
Innies and Outies
Alesia, from Frantic Packing central...
Okay, it’s the day I leave for 2 conferences in 4 days, so it must be . . . time to do laundry. Sigh. If I were even the LEAST bit ORGANIZED when I’m on the final week of a deadline, I’d be already packed. (But this is from the chick who just put OJ in her coffee, so we all know that’s a sad, sad joke . . .)
I’ve been invited to speak to the Space Coast Writer’s conference in Melbourne, Florida, and then am popping over to be a guest author at Suzanne Brockmann’s special Target Tampa weekend in, well, Tampa. Of course, our lovely sunny Florida weather we’ve enjoyed all week dissolved in a hideous thunderstorm last night and it’s going to rain all weekend, so the drive should be LOADS of fun. Or, you know, not.
Introverts and Extroverts – (Innies or Outies sounded more 'hooky') -- which are you? I am a total, TOTAL extrovert, and speaking at conferences recharges me in the hugest way. I’m even good at soothing that one person (there’s one at every conference) who corners you in the bar clutching his or her unpublished manuscript . . .
Please, please, if you want to write, come talk to me in the bar. Talk to editors and agents in the bar. But don’t bring your manuscript to the bar. We’ll all run away! It’s not that we don’t think your work is brilliant (it very well may be!). It’s more a question of suitcase space . . .
(Plus the whole legal problem of writers looking at unpublished work, and possibly getting sued later, but that’s, as they say, a whole ‘nuther blog.)
With my massive organizational skills firmly in place, I still have to 1) pack, 2)after finishing the laundry, and then 3) get a haircut and 4) get gas and the oil changed in my car. And look, it’s already 10 a.m.
Oops!
Have a fabulous weekend!! And if you’re at a conference, definitely come see me at the bar. Just not, you know, with your manuscript . . .
Hugs,
Alesia
Posted by Alesia at 9:53 AM | Comments (2)
Comments
I'd have to say it depends on the surrounding if I'm an innie or outie. Compared to my dh I'm definitely the more extroverted one in the family.
This weekend at Hot Target it was much more fun being the outie - meeting new people and not sitting waiting for people to come to you to talk.
You definitely rocked this weekend. I loved your story about the person who cornered you in Melbourne who had the book that was beyond a published chick lit author. We could have slapped him if he was in Tampa.
I'm glad I made your 9 o'clock talk. You even made it through the morning telling your joke to explain chick lit in front for Suz's dad. :)
Posted by: Ann M. at January 18, 2005 5:34 PM
it was so great to meet everyone!! I had the BEST time!!
hugs,
alesia
Posted by: Alesia at January 18, 2005 7:06 PM
