Moonlight & Magnolias... and Mimosas

The countdown is on.  In less than 72 hours, six VERY giddy writers will set foot in Decatur, Georgia for their first ever Moonlight & Magnolias Conference.  Let's review the To Do list:

Pitch rehearsed within an inch of insanity, check.
Tickets for chocolates and mimosas with Eloisa James & Karen White, check.
Appointments with agents and/or editors for pitching manuscripts, check.
Pitch rehearsed again to push over the edge of sanity, check.
Reservations for dinner afterwards to celebrate completion of first pitching sessions, check.
Workshops picked out, check.
Dress and killer shoes for Maggie Awards dinner, check.
Fabulous outfits and shoes for entire weekend, check check.
Foot numbing spray, Altoids, band-aids, and Tylenol, check.
Reality of it all setting in ... not s'much.  I guess that will happen somewhere between Easley, SC and sipping mimosas with Eloisa. 

Be on the look out for updates!

Slainte! (that's cheers in Irish)
Heather McGovern

The Write Image

Only two weeks until Elizabeth Michaels and I take off for our first ever writers' convention - Moonlight and Magnolias (M&M for short)!  To say we're excited is an understatement.  Exhuberant!  Giddy!  Stupid with Joy!!!  Silly with Expectations!!!  We've worked out logistics, supplies, agendas, and outfits.

A few weeks back, several of us got on the topic of a writer's image and how it might differ from our personal image, particularly if we write under a pseudonym.  This turned into a conversation on separating the personal from the penname, professionalism and creativity, developing the writer persona, and inevitably, clothing!  M&M will be the first time Heather McGovern and Elizabeth Michaels mix and mingle with those in the biz outside of our local RWA chapter.  It's important to us to make a professional, fun, and lasting impression.  Both of us know our writer image and how it relates to what we write, thus we went shopping with that in mind. We had a blast!  It's still us, but we get to let the creative side loose.  We get to be a little more eccentric than the usual mom, banker, dinner maker attire.  We get to wear killer heels and bling!!!

So, while we're at M&M, we plan to post about all that happens AND post a picture journal of our outfits with a blurb about what went on that day.  Some say it's shallow to enjoy clothes so much, I say it's fashion!