Last night, the amazing Karen Cushman took the evening off from her hectic
Alchemy and Meggy Swann book tour to speak at the year-end SCBWI Western Washington monthly meeting. Her talk was entitled "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities." She discussed writing her first book at age 50 and her desire to give readers positive stories. She told us that writing was "giving power to your thoughts." And she generously described not only her writing process but her feeling that each writer must take the license to write in the way that works best himself or herself.
Best things about last night?
*I had the pleasure of meeting many blogger and Facebook friends (some for the first time in person) including the charming
Molly Hall and that dynamo known as Holly Cupala (more on that tomorrow).
*I got my very own autographed copy of
Meggy Swann and was able to actually tell THE Karen Cushman that I'd just sold my first novel (braggy but oh-so-fun!)--she offered her congrats.
*I drove home loving the community of writers to which I belong and oh so inspired. Today, right after posting this, I am gifting myself with a giant chunk of offline, uninterrupted writing time. Woo-hoo.
Tune in tomorrow for a SECRET... (curious?)
