Jodi Thomas, 3 time RITA award winner and Romance Writer Hall of Famer, gave an absolutely inspiring and hilarious keynote this weekend.
Best quotes:
"If you are a writer, you need to realize you are not normal."
"The longer I write, the harder it is to be around normal people. I was at a cocktail party where this woman was telling me about picking out new carpet. Before she was done, I was plotting her death."
"The day you stop taking critiques is the day you'll be as good as you'll ever be."
"Writers are like drunks. First we start out doing it socially, then we're in denial, then we lock ourselves in the closet to do it. Writers conferences are like AA for us."
"Creativity is the black gold of the future."
Best advice:
"Triumph comes through perseverance." She saw this in a cemetery after being rejected for all six categories she entered in a contest.
"Be proud of what you write."
"Be honest. Be nice. Believe in yourself."
"Always deliver when you say you'll deliver."
"Never walk anywhere you wouldn't go in your Sunday shoes." In other words, don't write because a genre is hot. Write because you believe it.
Best quotes:
"If you are a writer, you need to realize you are not normal."
"The longer I write, the harder it is to be around normal people. I was at a cocktail party where this woman was telling me about picking out new carpet. Before she was done, I was plotting her death."
"The day you stop taking critiques is the day you'll be as good as you'll ever be."
"Writers are like drunks. First we start out doing it socially, then we're in denial, then we lock ourselves in the closet to do it. Writers conferences are like AA for us."
"Creativity is the black gold of the future."
Best advice:
"Triumph comes through perseverance." She saw this in a cemetery after being rejected for all six categories she entered in a contest.
"Be proud of what you write."
"Be honest. Be nice. Believe in yourself."
"Always deliver when you say you'll deliver."
"Never walk anywhere you wouldn't go in your Sunday shoes." In other words, don't write because a genre is hot. Write because you believe it.
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