ACFW 2010: Day Two

Tried not to let myself think about the fact that I was waking up at 3 AM our time. Ugh. This part of the country needs to get a new time zone. I'm just saying ...

Off to breakfast, worship & announcements, continuing education class with the Daring Duo, Chip MacGregor and Jim Rubart. Ducked out for a very good appointment with an editor. Back in to finish off class. Snagged a picture with the namesake of the Carol Award, Carol Johnson. Shared how much Janette Oke's books, like Love Comes Softly, meant to me as a missionary kid in Nigeria. Lunch at another editor's table, headed for class, then detoured.

Christian Retailing is interviewing published authors here for a cool series of clips on their website. In the course of a mere five minute interview, I managed to mention my mother as my writing inspiration, the best parenting book of all time, my chore list, and even godfathers and cement shoes. :) Jumped over to an interview with Romantic Times. Straight to my book signing where I hung out with table mates Donn Taylor, Carla Stewart, and Jim Bell.

Into general session, more worship, more insight from Tim Downs, out to dinner with the Bookies, into a late night chat about being a more productive writer.

Then the adventure began. Let's call it Adventures in Writersitting. I'd been invited to join a group who was going to a dueling piano place near the hotel. I'd never gone to anything like that before, so figured I could miss the sleep to hang out with super cool writers. We walked the streets of Indy. And walked. And got lost. And rerouted. Finally found the spot, but the line was about 100 people deep just to get in. So we walked back to the hotel!

Great exercise, though.