I had a hard time deciding what to blog about today, so you’re getting a bit of everything…a rambling pot luck or sorts…but worth reading I think. 
Romance Writers Of America is having their national conference right now. And I’m not there. I’m okay with that. I have plans to meet up with some writer friends for a week’s writing retreat in Sept, so I’m not missing the conference. Plus, there are so many FREE online conferences going on right now that I’ve been doing more reading than writing. (And yes, that means once again I have no new words for my BIAM challenge. I’m officially revising my goal to 50k, instead of 90)
I thought about doing a post on Writer Burnout since I’ll be doing a Q & A on it on Friday at one of my favorite online hangouts, the Romance Divas, for their Not Going To Conference conference. But, like I said, there are online workshops all over right now. So instead, I’m going to do something different here. Aside form workshops and socializing, one thing you miss out on when not going to a conference is…free books & Swag. So…I’m doing some giveaways.
What do you have to do to get something? Just say hi in the comments, and share a thought for today with me..
I’ve got 3 prize packs to give away to three different Random Winners.
EACH PRIZE PACK WILL INCLUDE:
Signed copies of PRIMAL MALE (paranormal), MY PREROGATIVE (contemporary) and Alluring Tales 2, Hot Holiday Nights (7 author anthology-multiple genres – all erotic)
in addition to my books, I’m also throwing in a couple of books by some of my favorite authors.
Winner 1 will also get a unsigned copies of
A Long Hard Ride by Alison Kent
Dark Need by Lynn Veihl.
Winner 2 will also get unsigned copies of
Fairyville by Emma Holly
Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
Winner 3 will also get unsigned copies of
Down In Texas by Delilah Devlin
Death Angel by Linda Howard
All prize packs will also include some swag. The giveaways are good world wide, so no matter if your in Asia, Australia or anywhere else, if you want to win these books, then leave a comment and see if you’re lucky.
Here’s some of the online workshops that I suggest you check out.
Lynn Viehl’s Left Behind & Loving It tops my list of go-to places.
Alison Kent ialso has some great articles up on her Blah Blog.
One that I really liked was From Panster to Plotter by Kait Nolan
And don’t forget the Romance Divas Not Going To Conference conference. It started on Tuesday and continues all week with workshops and seminars featuring Josh Lanyon, Rowan Mcbride, Jet Mykles and Shayla Kersten, Carrie Jones, Marley Gibson, Linnea Sinclair, Patti O’Shea, Ona Russel, Steve Hockingsmith, Joey W. Hill and ME. 
As for the BIAM, Darlene is still kicking my butt. I got no new words this past week, and she added another 5,521 to her total. 2 more weeks. I need to write 50k in the next 2 weeks to beat her. and yes, thats my new goal. I wont hit 90k, but I am determined to give Darlene a run for her money. Be sure to check back next week and see how close I am!
UPDATED TO ADD:
Will post winners on this blog on SUNDAY.
