Stephanie Newton Books

I soooo missed my beautiful Florida mornings when I was in D.C.  I’m sitting on the pool deck with my cup of coffee, watching the sun rise into a brilliant blue sky and listening to my neighborhood wake up.  I got seven full hours of sleep last night which I’m pretty sure is more than I got combined the four nights I was at RWA.  It was a fabulous weekend and I learned so much, a lot of which I’ll be processing for months, I’m sure.  But to start off, a few random thoughts on RWA ‘09.

• Romance writers are a friendly bunch.  The first day when our room wasn’t ready, we spent the afternoon in the coffee shop chatting with authors and the occasional editor or two–it was fun meeting new people and renewing old friendships.
• I need to write more, better, faster. Whoa, that’s a lot of talent in one place.
• My editor is beautiful and smart.
• Shoes do not agree with me.  I’m from Florida.  I wear flip-flops.  My feet may never be the same.
• Writers like to dance.  I do as well, but I’m really bad at it.  I hope there was no video involved. (I told my 13yo daughter I danced and she was like, “Oh no, Mom, you didn’t do that booty thing, did you?”)
• The Ritas are an event not to be missed.  But you should eat before you go.
• It was so cool being in a place where two thousand other people speak the same “language” I speak.
• The experience being with all these incredibly talented women was so inspiring!  From those just starting out to those who have camped on the bestseller lists…it’s completely overwhelming, amazing, incredible thing.

There’s more–so much more–and I’m sure I’ll do another post when I’ve had time to process it all.  And hopefully I’ll find a few pictures.  Right now, I need to go polish up a proposal before my kids get up!