Comments on: What a conference! Editor Joanne Grant on RWA http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/07/what-a-conference-editor-joanne-grant-on-rwa/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:28:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Jennie Lucas http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/07/what-a-conference-editor-joanne-grant-on-rwa/comment-page-1/#comment-50391 Jennie Lucas Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:35:15 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=993#comment-50391 Heidi, you crack me up! We missed you (and Annie, and Christina, and...)! WOW, seeing the picture brought it all back! Thanks for an amazing luncheon. I don't really recall the waiter, but that might be because I was distracted by the incredible Lebanese food, which I'd never had before. (Me and food! A love affair that never ends!) (So never say diet, Sandra!) Even better than the food was the company. So lovely to have a nice chat with you all, including Joanne whom I've never really gotten to talk with before. Kimberly and I couldn't stop raving about Joanne's chic, retro, gorgeous clothes and accessories. Those shoes! That scarf! Now I'm home, it's adios four-inch heels, Helloooo, peanut butter sandwiches and flip-flops! :) Till next year! Heidi, you crack me up! We missed you (and Annie, and Christina, and…)!

WOW, seeing the picture brought it all back! Thanks for an amazing luncheon. I don’t really recall the waiter, but that might be because I was distracted by the incredible Lebanese food, which I’d never had before. (Me and food! A love affair that never ends!) (So never say diet, Sandra!)

Even better than the food was the company. So lovely to have a nice chat with you all, including Joanne whom I’ve never really gotten to talk with before. Kimberly and I couldn’t stop raving about Joanne’s chic, retro, gorgeous clothes and accessories. Those shoes! That scarf!

Now I’m home, it’s adios four-inch heels, Helloooo, peanut butter sandwiches and flip-flops! :) Till next year!

]]> By: Sandra Marton http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/07/what-a-conference-editor-joanne-grant-on-rwa/comment-page-1/#comment-50368 Sandra Marton Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:37:24 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=993#comment-50368 Sorry to get here so late. HUGE thanks to Tessa and Jo for this fantastic lunch, for everything at the conference! It was sheer joy, meeting new authors, getting to spend time with my wonderful editor (Jo!), spending time with Tessa again, and Sheila, and Kim, and Karin. We were royally wined and dined, so much so that it's diet time here at home... Sandra Sorry to get here so late. HUGE thanks to Tessa and Jo for this fantastic lunch, for everything at the conference! It was sheer joy, meeting new authors, getting to spend time with my wonderful editor (Jo!), spending time with Tessa again, and Sheila, and Kim, and Karin.

We were royally wined and dined, so much so that it’s diet time here at home…

Sandra

]]> By: Joanne Grant http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/07/what-a-conference-editor-joanne-grant-on-rwa/comment-page-1/#comment-50367 Joanne Grant Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:14:54 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=993#comment-50367 Thanks for pointing out Janette - I was pretty sure I included her on my blog - I would never forget her – she is so lovely! But perhaps I still had conference brain… she is indeed hiding behind Kate :) Rach - Annie has given you a great answer, and how’s this for a coincidence: coincidences were discussed as part of the RWA workshop I gave with fellow editor Kimberley Young, called Don't Let the Plot Get in the Way of the Story. We listed coincidences as high up in our Top Ten of most seen clichéd openings in unsolicited submissions. The way to make sure coincidences work is to make sure everything you do is character driven - make your reader believe in your character and you can get away with quite a lot :) Maybe I’ll get the handout from this workshop posted up. Now about that sheikh… Joanne Thanks for pointing out Janette – I was pretty sure I included her on my blog – I would never forget her – she is so lovely! But perhaps I still had conference brain… she is indeed hiding behind Kate :)

Rach – Annie has given you a great answer, and how’s this for a coincidence: coincidences were discussed as part of the RWA workshop I gave with fellow editor Kimberley Young, called Don’t Let the Plot Get in the Way of the Story. We listed coincidences as high up in our Top Ten of most seen clichéd openings in unsolicited submissions. The way to make sure coincidences work is to make sure everything you do is character driven – make your reader believe in your character and you can get away with quite a lot :) Maybe I’ll get the handout from this workshop posted up.

Now about that sheikh…

Joanne

]]> By: Kate Walker http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/07/what-a-conference-editor-joanne-grant-on-rwa/comment-page-1/#comment-50366 Kate Walker Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:03:49 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=993#comment-50366 Oh that photo brings back such great memories - that was a fabulous meal in a fantastic week. Thank you Tessa and Joanne for entertaining us so well. Can I just mention that there's another author in the pic - just - Janette Kenny, another new Presents author, was sitting next to me so you can just see her fair hair between me and Joanne. And yes Lynne - those garlic fries were so good. Kate Oh that photo brings back such great memories – that was a fabulous meal in a fantastic week. Thank you Tessa and Joanne for entertaining us so well. Can I just mention that there’s another author in the pic – just – Janette Kenny, another new Presents author, was sitting next to me so you can just see her fair hair between me and Joanne.

And yes Lynne – those garlic fries were so good.

Kate

]]> By: Romancing the Novel Carnival #4 http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/07/what-a-conference-editor-joanne-grant-on-rwa/comment-page-1/#comment-50365 Romancing the Novel Carnival #4 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:11:31 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=993#comment-50365 [...] What a conference! Editor Joanne Grant on RWA. [...] [...] What a conference! Editor Joanne Grant on RWA. [...]

]]> By: blairwitch http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/07/what-a-conference-editor-joanne-grant-on-rwa/comment-page-1/#comment-50364 blairwitch Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:18:37 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=993#comment-50364 Thanks heaps Annie - your 2c is worth A LOT!!! Thanks heaps Annie – your 2c is worth A LOT!!!

]]> By: Annie West http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/07/what-a-conference-editor-joanne-grant-on-rwa/comment-page-1/#comment-50363 Annie West Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:03:48 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=993#comment-50363 Sharon, I want more! That's awful, leaving us hanging. Hm, I can see why you write Presents. Joanne, thanks for sharing with us about the lunch. You all look like you're having a wonderful time. I'm wondering if you're smiling at the camera or Sharon's hero. Rach, my two cents' worth on your question about contrivance and coincidence is that there's no rule. It's more a matter of what feels right for a particular story. Coincidences happen, and sometimes they're quite amazing - if I put them in a book no one would believe me. It's a matter of writing a story that readers can believe is possible and hopefully they get swept along by the characters and what they're doing rather than wondering if a chance meeting was particularly likely. Annie Sharon, I want more! That’s awful, leaving us hanging. Hm, I can see why you write Presents.

Joanne, thanks for sharing with us about the lunch. You all look like you’re having a wonderful time. I’m wondering if you’re smiling at the camera or Sharon’s hero.

Rach, my two cents’ worth on your question about contrivance and coincidence is that there’s no rule. It’s more a matter of what feels right for a particular story. Coincidences happen, and sometimes they’re quite amazing – if I put them in a book no one would believe me. It’s a matter of writing a story that readers can believe is possible and hopefully they get swept along by the characters and what they’re doing rather than wondering if a chance meeting was particularly likely.

Annie

]]> By: mulberry http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/07/what-a-conference-editor-joanne-grant-on-rwa/comment-page-1/#comment-50361 mulberry Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:49:00 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=993#comment-50361 LOL Heidi. Sure, sure it was unintentional. It made me giggle the first time I read it. Though now I see Joanne used it first! Wish I'd been there to see that sheik! LOL Heidi. Sure, sure it was unintentional.

It made me giggle the first time I read it. Though now I see Joanne used it first!

Wish I’d been there to see that sheik!

]]> By: Heidi Rice http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/07/what-a-conference-editor-joanne-grant-on-rwa/comment-page-1/#comment-50360 Heidi Rice Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:31:43 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=993#comment-50360 OMG Sharon, now it definitely isn't just the spiced meat I'm upset about missing out on.... And that was a purely unintentional euphemism. Honest! OMG Sharon, now it definitely isn’t just the spiced meat I’m upset about missing out on….

And that was a purely unintentional euphemism. Honest!

]]> By: Lynn Raye Harris http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/07/what-a-conference-editor-joanne-grant-on-rwa/comment-page-1/#comment-50359 Lynn Raye Harris Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:11:16 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=993#comment-50359 LOL, Sharon aka Shazza! Yes, what a lunch! It was so good, wasn't it? The garlic fries Kate Walker and I just had to have were incredible. I think I tasted garlic for the rest of the day. Everything was so wonderful. Those platters of appetizers we had, the warm spicy stuffed rolls I ordered, and of course the conversation. What a great time! LOL, Sharon aka Shazza! Yes, what a lunch! It was so good, wasn’t it? The garlic fries Kate Walker and I just had to have were incredible. I think I tasted garlic for the rest of the day. Everything was so wonderful. Those platters of appetizers we had, the warm spicy stuffed rolls I ordered, and of course the conversation.

What a great time!

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