Each year the Southeastern Writers Association conducts an exceptionally well run workshop on scenic St. Simons Island in Georgia. The annual four day workshop features classes in both fiction and non-fiction. The conference is small and welcoming. Participants arrive on the first day as strangers and are family by the last day. This is an amazing workshop for both novice writers and published authors. Whether you are working on your first story idea or marketing an already published novel, this conference has something for everyone.
On the last night of the workshop an awards banquet is held. Writing awards are presented in numerous categories. This year the Southeastern Writers Association presented me with the GT Youngblood Award for Short Fiction for my short story, Learning the Art of Deception. To give you a little history on this short story, it was originally the first chapter of my novel, Behind The Mask. After the entire first chapter of the novel was unsympathetically axed by my editor during the first round of edits, I was heartbroken. I loved my first chapter and I couldn't bring myself to simply delete it. I rounded out the deleted first chapter which evolved into Learning the Art of Deception. Thank you SWA for such a tremendous honor.
On the last night of the workshop an awards banquet is held. Writing awards are presented in numerous categories. This year the Southeastern Writers Association presented me with the GT Youngblood Award for Short Fiction for my short story, Learning the Art of Deception. To give you a little history on this short story, it was originally the first chapter of my novel, Behind The Mask. After the entire first chapter of the novel was unsympathetically axed by my editor during the first round of edits, I was heartbroken. I loved my first chapter and I couldn't bring myself to simply delete it. I rounded out the deleted first chapter which evolved into Learning the Art of Deception. Thank you SWA for such a tremendous honor.
RSS Feed