I’m spending today and tomorrow at “Moonlight and Magnolias,” the Georgia Romance Writers annual conference.  I learn so much from the speakers and the other writers, that I can hardly imagine missing it.

One of the greatest things about hanging out with these other writers is the camaraderie.  I was talking to another attendee about her book, and she dropped her head, looked sideways at me and murmured, “She [her main character] was abducted by aliens.”  I was so excited I grabbed her arm and said “Oh my God!  I so get it!  In my first book, Soul Lost, my character time travels with a wizard.”  I always say that phrase with the same hesitation and apology that I saw in her.

Sometimes it really helps to be with someone who understands.