Romance Writers of New Zealand

I feel a special affinity for the RWNZ, not only because my first sale came through their Clendon Award contest but also because of my wonderful friends on that side of the ditch. (The ditch, BTW, refers to the Tasman Sea which separates our two countries!) Last weekend I crossed said ditch to speak at the RWNZ conference and to catch up with those friends, who include fabulous suspense author Fiona Brand. You can see how happy we are to be among writing friends in this picture, taken at the Harlequin Authors' Luncheon on conference Friday!

I took my camera with me, but would you believe I didn't take one photo? My only excuse is how busy this three day conference kept me. Between my three workshop presentations--I spoke on conflict, writing sparkling scenes, and career building in category romance--and the unmissable sessions by keynote speaker Debbie Macomber--what a wonderful, warm, inspiring woman!--and her editor, Paula Eykelhof--I could have listened to their wisdom for another three days--and chatting with the warm and friendly Kiwi writers, there was little thinking time.

So, I'm relying on pictures forwarded to me and hope there will be more to share with you over the next few days. Oh, and I WILL be drawing the winners of my first birthday giveaway as soon as I find my barrel of numbers!