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<\/a>At Rancho de los Caballeros<\/p><\/div>\n
WWW is an association of Western women writers of all genres, and a good association for me , since all other writing groups I belong to are for mystery writers. It’s useful and instructive to be among the larger writing community and not always be preaching to the same choir. I attended the 2007 WWW conference in Colorado Springs, but had to cancel out of the 2008 San Antonio conference at the last minute due to my husband’s health problems, which were still going on last year as the Los Angeles conference came and went. This year, the conference combined a “retreat” with the traditional conference offerings of workshops, sharing, and learning. It was entitled “A Write Retreat”, and was held at the beautiful Rancho de los Caballeros, which is, for lack of a better description, a ‘dude ranch’ located in the gorgeous Sonoran desert foothills outside of the very Western town of Wickenburg.<\/p>\n
Aside from attending for the camaraderie and inspiration one always gets at a writer’s conference, I also was able to present a mystery writing workshop. I’ve done this particular workshop many times, and I love it. I try my best to teach the attendees everything there is to know about writing a mystery novel in one hour or less, and yet to succeed (not in small part because I don’t know myself). But the workshop is a lot of fun and always well received.<\/p>\n
Also, my last book, The Sky Took Him<\/em>, was honored as a finalist for WWW’s prestigious WILLA Award in the Historical Fiction category.
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