Suzanne confesses to accepting "Hush Money" from RWA attendees!
SUBTITLE: Or all the news that's fit to print OR that hasn't been hushed up by "sword-wielding Quills," OR "squawking chickens," OR other less clearly defined creatures at the RWA conference in Atlanta.
Yes, the "mystery moderator" at the Jayne and Susan Show was moi! Apparently I failed to read the first line of the instructions taped to the podium that said "Give your name." Ah, well, in the Grand Scheme of Things
. . . At least I finally got Jayne to the correct conference room after a small detour in the wrong direction. (I should have warned you, Jayne, I have no sense of direction and failed map reading to boot!)
The first words from the writer sitting next to me at the Literacy Fund-raiser Wednesday evening --- a lovely and talented woman named Eve Silver --- were: "I laughed out loud at the blogs when the Quills surreptitiously took over at www.squawkradio.com and then the Squawkers retaliated by invading Quilldom." I told Eve that Kitty Kuttlestone was loose somewhere at the conference with a camera hidden in her. . . well, I'm not quite sure where Kitty hid the darned thing, but forewarned;forearmed.
The Squawkers gave a lovely cocktail party (well, except for those oddly dead-looking chickens poised here and there throughout their suite) and plied us Innocent Quills with something delicious and peachy-pink in color that was served in crystal champagne flutes. Hm... I wonder where Kitty was at that point with her hidden camera. (Hush money can go in both directions.)
Anyway, it was wonderful seeing fellow Quills Jayne and Stella, and finally meeting Susan Andersen in person! It was truly one of the highlights of the conference for me. (So was tea at the Ritz Carlton! And learning a lovely photo trick from Debbie Macomber! And chatting with so many wonderful writers and friends, far too many to name.)
I just wish I knew where that sneaky Kitty and her camera were hiding out the whole week. Jayne's right, of course. (She always is.) Don't believe everything you see, folks!
Cheers!
Suzanne
Yes, the "mystery moderator" at the Jayne and Susan Show was moi! Apparently I failed to read the first line of the instructions taped to the podium that said "Give your name." Ah, well, in the Grand Scheme of Things. . . At least I finally got Jayne to the correct conference room after a small detour in the wrong direction. (I should have warned you, Jayne, I have no sense of direction and failed map reading to boot!)
The first words from the writer sitting next to me at the Literacy Fund-raiser Wednesday evening --- a lovely and talented woman named Eve Silver --- were: "I laughed out loud at the blogs when the Quills surreptitiously took over at www.squawkradio.com and then the Squawkers retaliated by invading Quilldom." I told Eve that Kitty Kuttlestone was loose somewhere at the conference with a camera hidden in her. . . well, I'm not quite sure where Kitty hid the darned thing, but forewarned;forearmed.
The Squawkers gave a lovely cocktail party (well, except for those oddly dead-looking chickens poised here and there throughout their suite) and plied us Innocent Quills with something delicious and peachy-pink in color that was served in crystal champagne flutes. Hm... I wonder where Kitty was at that point with her hidden camera. (Hush money can go in both directions.)
Anyway, it was wonderful seeing fellow Quills Jayne and Stella, and finally meeting Susan Andersen in person! It was truly one of the highlights of the conference for me. (So was tea at the Ritz Carlton! And learning a lovely photo trick from Debbie Macomber! And chatting with so many wonderful writers and friends, far too many to name.)
I just wish I knew where that sneaky Kitty and her camera were hiding out the whole week. Jayne's right, of course. (She always is.) Don't believe everything you see, folks!
Cheers!
Suzanne
posted at 2:16 PM
