Monday, September 26, 2011

The Aftermath

Hi, All:

I'm back home from conference, but woke with a terribly itchy, achy throat. Been sucking on Zinc lozenges and Fisherman Friends all day. And I'm plum worn out. Frustrated too, because my USB cord is missing for my camera so I can't get my pictures downloaded to share with you all. Hoping to rectify that by Wednesday's post.

But, if you haven't heard yet, the 2011 ACFW Conference in St. Louis was wonderful. I send a huge thank you to all who worked so hard to put on such a positive conference. We are truly blessed by the dedication and selflessness that so many offer to make this such a successful conference every year!

This year's conference, once again, was full of great learning experiences and awesome friend finding and making. I have discovered though, that as I gain more knowledge in the craft of writing, each conference seems to refresh and build on previously learned writing tools. Which is very cool because I'm finally starting to believe that I've got the basics down. Yay for me!! Seriously, I never thought I'd be able say that. Now I have a whole lot of learning still to go (learning should never end in my opinion), but to finally have the foundation of the craft down to build on feels awesome. The skies the limit now.

If you weren't at conference, did you watch the live feed of the Gala Saturday night? If you were at conference and I didn't get to chat with you, where were you hiding? I'm so sorry I missed you!


Surrendering to Him,

Eileen

6 comments:

Lacie Nezbeth said...

Plum worn out...that's exactly how I feel. What a great time though. Seriously way too much awesome information! Loved it and loved meeting you!

Diane said...

Glad you had a wonderful time. Hoping you regenerate your health soon. :O)

Jessica Nelson said...

Oh, girl! I hope you didn't catch what I had. Blech. Feel better soon!
And yes, the conference was so helpful for me, in more ways than one. I know I need to move up a level in the craft of writing and I feel like I learned alot, plus had the basics reiterated.

Loree Huebner said...

Glad you're home safe. Sounds like you had an awesome trip. Can't wait to see the pictures and hear all about it.

Feel better!

Susan Anne Mason said...

Thanks for being a fabulous roommate! Hope you're feeling better. My cold is still hanging in!! GRRR!

Eileen Astels Watson said...

Hey, Susan, Thank you for being such a fabulous roomie, too!

Want to hear something funny? I found myself reaching to put the toilet seat cover down yesterday.