We’ve talked about why you should attend a writing conference and how to prepare for one. If you missed either of those posts, here they are: Part I: Conferences and Workshops: Don’t Make Lorelai and Sookie’s Mistake You remember the scene: Lorelai and Sookie, who are chasing their dream of someday owning their own inn, attend a…medium.com Part II: 10 Things to Prep for a Writing Conference So you’ve decided to go to a writer’s conference. Now What?medium.com

So you’ve decided to go to a writer’s conference. Now What? — If you haven’t decided to attend a writing conference, then you need to go back and read this post to see why you should. I’ll wait. Conferences and Workshops: Don’t Make Lorelai and Sookie’s Mistake You remember the scene: Lorelai and Sookie, who are chasing their dream of someday owning their own inn, attend a…medium.com Assuming you’ve found a conference you want to attend and you’ve registered for it . . .

You remember the scene: Lorelai and Sookie, who are chasing their dream of someday owning their own inn, attend a community workshop on the topic (S3E11). (For Gilmore Girls fans wondering, this is the episode right before the one I talk about here.) When & How Do You Use Italics Anyway? Italics, Underlines, and Emphasis in an Online Worldmedium.com At this point, Lorelai has an associate’s…

My Experience with Mike Lee’s Personal Assistant Says Everything — This one is specifically for Utah voters, but all readers all welcome! A few years ago, I was at an event where I met Mike Lee’s personal assistant. I tried to keep the conversation to neutral topics. (Really! …

Here’s How to Make the Most of It — We’ve all heard the touted fact that there is no such thing as multi-tasking, only task switching, and that it’s far more inefficient for getting stuff done. The truth is somewhere in the middle, and thank heavens, because otherwise, women wouldn’t get crap done. Can we do more than one…

Sequels Are Tough, and This One Was a Beast — Like so many Gilmore Girls fans, I hosted a watch party the day that A Year in the Life dropped. Forget Black Friday! Bring on Lorelai and Rory! My daughters, sister, a niece, and I binged all four episodes, which I guess are also considered films, seeing as they don’t…

Remember this iconic moment when Luke flips out over seeing Lorelai in Rachel’s sweatshirt? — Style doesn’t affect fashion alone. Literary style and expectations change through the generations too. And one big change in storytelling is the use of coincidences. Back when Charles Dickens was penning works that would rocket him to international fame, he relied heavily on coincidence to make his plots work. Remember how Pip just so happens to run into the right person…

Italics, Underlines, and Emphasis in an Online World — One of my favorite lines from Gilmore Girls (and that’s saying a lot) is spoken by Luke in the scene above. Lorelai is reading aloud from a pile of books for research. …