It was amazing. I got to hang out with my wonderful friends Helaine Becker, Mahtab Narsimhan, Maureen McGowan, Robin Walton, and Kari-Lynn Winters. I got to meet my amazing, gorgeous, ridiculously talented critique partner and friend, Antje. And I got to meet incredible people like Cassandra Clare, Sophie Blackall, and Dan Yaccarino.
I got to hear Chris Crutcher say that if you listen to enough stories, the truth starts to float, and it is that truth that you write. He was an amazing speaker, but when I ran into him at the gala on Saturday evening, I learned that he is also an amazing person.
I met and had a great chat with Lin Oliver, who is a really neat person, on top of being incredibly talented and funny and wonderful. And she read my joke out in front of EVERYBODY, which was totally awesome.
I came away inspired and bursting with ideas. I have so many great ideas, I'm having trouble deciding what to work on next. Thank goodness I'm in the middle of something - by the time I finish, something will have settled out of the mix and I'll know where to go next.
But most of all, I met this guy:
Henry Winkler ZOMG!
And he loved my hair. I have it in writing.
And that pretty much sums up my weekend.
What's going on with you guys?
Sounds like an awesome time. Mine has been less exciting. Work and swim meets. And reading lots of good books.
ReplyDeleteYou really seem to have benefited from this experience. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteChris Crutcher and The Fonz in the same weekend? Whoa...
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool, Ishta! What an amazing experience.
ReplyDeleteAw. Thanks for mentioning me on your blog. Ridiculous. I like this:) You made me live through this amazing weekend again. I'm just glad that you too have difficulty deciding on what to work on next. Whatever it is, it will be amazing.
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