{"id":750,"date":"2014-08-02T09:03:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T15:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rolledscroll.com\/?p=750"},"modified":"2014-08-02T09:19:47","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T15:19:47","slug":"not-so-engaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rolledscroll.com\/news\/archives\/750","title":{"rendered":"NOT SO ENGAGING"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SUNHAT\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0NOT<\/span><\/em><\/strong> SO ENGAGING<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve been a very errant blogger of late because my head has been in the clouds of novel drafting. I’m just at the stage now of cleaning up my manuscript so I can see what I really have, and then I’ll \u00a0begin edits in earnest before I send it off for the perusal of a select few victims and\u00a0finally pitch it to the agent\u00a0of my dreams.<\/p>\n

Also, it being summer, I’ve been physically\u00a0running to and fro;\u00a0for example,\u00a0I spent\u00a0five days in July\u00a0celebrating my 60th\u00a0in NYC with my daughters, and tomorrow afternoon I’m going tubing\u00a0with them down the South Saskatchewan River. (Note the Chinese\u00a0sunhat I’ll be donning for the event.)<\/p>\n

And now\u00a0another lovely dalliance has arisen, as I’m leading\u00a0a couple of workshops for the Inscribe Christian Writers’ Fellowship<\/a>\u00a0conference in Edmonton on September 26-27–demanding some quality development time. I’ve been a women’s speaker for quite a few years now, with the Stonecroft<\/a> organization and also more recently for several church retreats. However, this is my debut as a facilitator for writers, and I’m excited to share what I’m learning and stimulate conversation to learn more.<\/p>\n

The conference, featuring the joyful and hilarious\u00a0Phil Callaway<\/a> as plenary speaker, has as its theme\u00a0PROCLAIM THE WORD<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em>It’s open for registration<\/a>, if you’re an interested writer and plan\u00a0to be in the area this fall.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I have a manuscript to deal with, so I’m once again begging off from “engaging” further with you through plentiful posts.\u00a0But drop a note into the comments below and tell me what’s keeping you busy this summer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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