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Gala night at ACFW St. Louis
A few the lovely women I sat with during the ACFW Gala
Kim Moore (editor for Harvest House)
Terri Haynes
Kimberly Buckner (one of my fabulous critique partners)
Julie Klassen (Julie was the first person I met at my very first ACFW conference. She was also the first familiar face I saw when I approached the hotel this year. Thanks, Julie!)
Heidi Main
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St. Louis
Here I am again! This is my fourth ACFW conference and each one is better than the last. Well, almost better. I miss having Jodie Bailey and Donna Moore here with me. It would be hard to beat last year when four out of five of our critique group were together.
St. Louis is a marvelous city. I rode in on the Metrolink Wednesday night and got to walk six blocks to my hotel. The architecture here is amazing. I can see the St. Louis Arch from my hotel room window.
One of the best things about conference is “hugging the necks” of friends I only get to see once a year. By the way, that’s a Jodie term so I felt the quotation marks were an appropriate tribute. I am so blessed!
Well, I’m off to another appointment. Have a great day!
Christina
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Me Against My Inbox
This morning I read a great post by Mary DeMuth. Her topic was clearing out your email inbox. I love the idea, but unfortunately the Hotmail demons have me fixed as their main target. You see, last year I had my inbox in pristine condition, then those aforementioned email demons pulled every piece of electronic mail ever sent to me from whatever land deleted emails live in and put each one back into my inbox. Yep, there were thousands. You may or may not believe this, but I managed to clean up the mess (over many weeks). Here’s the thing, a couple months ago they all came back again. It’s like Dickens keeps sending the ghost of emails past to visit me.
So what am I suppose to learn here? Do I try again? Thanks for listening to my silly ramble. Suggestion appreciated.
Visit http://www.marydemuth.com/2011/06/become-an-email-jedi-in-7-steps/ to read what Mary DeMuth had to say. Sorry, WordPress wouldn’t let me link it to her name. Hm, maybe technology has it out for me.
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Happy New Year!
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Happy 2011! I love new years. Actually, it’s the week before the new year that I really love. That seems to be the only time I can relax and plan. Each year I come up with new goal. Some are long term with no real guess as to when they will be accomplished. Being a Genesis finalist was one of those goals. I’m thrilled to have doubly met that mark in 2010. Other goals are just for that year. I’ll share a few with you and we’ll see how I did at the end of 2011.
Professional goals:
1. Sign with an agent.
2. Submit two magazine articles.
3. Finish edits for Counting on Callie.
4. Complete the first drafts of two more manuscripts.
5. Attend the ACFW conference.
6. Attend the summer OCW conference.
Personal goals:
1. Lose 40 pounds by my 40th birthday (November 8, 2011).
2. Clear out some of the clutter that has started to attack our home. Get rid of at least 40 items per month.
3. Retile the kitchen and bathroom floors and the bay window.
4. Paint the hall a color that I love.
Family goals:
1. Spend at least five days somewhere else, just relaxing.
These are just a few of my goals. I’m so excited to have the opportunity to jump into another year of adventure. This year promises to be busy and fun with basketball for three of the kids, horse stuff for two of them, 4H for all four, soccer, volleyball, birthdays, vacations, youth group, friends and many things I can’t even imagine.
What’s on your list for 2011?
