Back from Conference!

See this guy? That was me at the RWA Conference, only my caption would have read, "Please insert COFFEE here." I can sum up the conference in one word--exhausting. But I had a fantastic time! If you want to see a pic, go to Maureen Child's blog and scroll down to August 4th. You'll see me having lunch with my friends Maureen Child, Kate Carlisle and Michele Cwiertny

My first day in San Francisco, I went to the concierge and got a map to find the restaurant where my agent was having her party. It looked so easy, that I knew I could walk it.

In heels.

All would have been fine if I wasn't Directionally Challenged. I went the wrong way.

Twice.

Seriously, a ten minute walk took me 25 minutes and two major blisters.

Sigh. The problem was that I didn't give myself enough time to get acclimated and figure out geographically where I was. By the second day, I pretty much knew where I was. Mostly. From then on, it was a joke, "Jen can find it in just 3 tries!"

Overall I had a fabulous time, but now it's time to really get back to work.

Switching subjects here, I finished the second Stephanie Meyer vampire book in the airport before I left. I liked it. I have the third book on my shelf to read. I'm hearing rumors that some fans don't like the way the series ended up.

I understand that. It's fair. Not everyone will like it. Some will love it. That's the fun in books, we get to talk about them, agree and disagree.

What I don't understand? The snotty comment I read on a blog that said something along the lines of the only reason Meyers got published was because she was young and attractive. Uh, no. TWILIGHT was a fantastic book! She's a talented and obviously hardworking woman. Some people may not like her writing and that's fine. Some people love it. Those are all fair opinions. But it is not fair to make comments like she only published because she's young and attractive. That really ticks me off.

Can you tell?

As for me, I plan on reading all the books. Any thoughts from you all?