Warning: This post doesn’t have the full coolness contained in the League of Utah Writers conference. Attend next year for complete details.
Okay, I couldn’t let a conference go by without a tiny post. Tiny. Promise.
First: Provo/Orem peeps, you need to check out Ben Hutchins’ local LUW chapter, the Legends. Mostly because Ben is cool, but also because LUW chapters are an inexpensive, low-pressure way to meet critique partners. And Ben is cool!
Second: I got to buy books, like the Utah Horror Writers Anthology. In fact, Michael Bacera and I got a picture of the editor himself.
He’s in the back there. I think he may have been dripping wet, having just crawled out of the Great Salt Lake to advertise the theme of the next anthology still taking submissions. Holy dedication!
Third: Emily Wheeler killed it in the writing contests, but that’s not the important thing. The important thing is that when I bought her book, she got to swipe a credit card for the FRIST TIME.
It was such a moment. A really long moment, because she had to trouble-shoot. Darn, technology! I took a picture of course, because I’m me.
Fourth and Final: Writing contest news! Yeah, I can’t possibly stuff in all the details. Like how Johnny Worthen claimed to win every door prize and then physically exploded when he actually won a novel category, or how Chadd VanZanten revealed himself as possibly the scariest human alive. (Do NOT give him access to your spare keys. Or your butter, if you remember that one from four years ago.) Amanda not only ran the whole conference, but ran up to grab her awards more than once, too. Kudos, girl, and thanks for all your work! Speaking of contests, I got an honorable mention for a post here on the blog about diversity: The Mormon, The Lesbian Couple and The Scrawny Attorney. Other people won. Cool people. Congrats.
I believe that’s all, folks! If you’re looking for more, next year, just attend, okay? Then YOU can photo bomb me, too.
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