Monday, June 22, 2009

Summer here at Smyrna Libraryland is a little bit...well...insane. Which is great! Summer Reading Program brings in all the people we don't get to see during the school year. But the increase in traffic doesn't leave much extra time for blogging! We're still working, meeting, and critiquing!


In the publishing world, summer is conference/convention season. Cons run the gamut from the mega-huge Romantic Times conference in late spring to our local small-but-mighty Hypericon. They're a lot of fun. You meet people, get free stuff, and have access to a variety of programs and classes. The down side? It's expensive. Especially if you have to travel.


Every July, during the RWA convention, Lynn Viehl hosts the Left Behind and Loving It workshop week on her blog for those of us who can't or don't want to do the con thing. It's free and gives you the same social and educational opportunities as a con! Personally, I think that's pretty awesome. For LBLI 2009, see this post and then this post.