Deep Thoughts

So I take a couple of days off and here's what inspires me to blog again:

Does anyone else think that romance writer Julia Quinn



looks a lot like Jennifer Garner?



She probably hears that all the time.

In other news, the big RWA National conference is coming up, which means that the slobs (read: me) who aren't going get to sit at home and tell themselves that everyone can't be having THAT much fun reading each other's business cards and worrying about the right shoes. Hm, maybe I need to come up with a 2007 list of how to be a Nationals beeyotch.

Is it just me or does everyone seem freaked out about pitching this year? Maybe it's just me. I've pitched to two agents in my life (through my local chapter) and though I was nervous, I was also happily oblivious that pitching is supposed to be A BIG DEAL. The first agent nodded, asked me a few questions, and told me to send pages. (Don't they all nod, ask a few questions, and tell you to send pages?) The second one listened to me for maybe a minute (my plot summary was really short) then looked out the window and got me into a conversation about What The Romance Market Is Missing. Then she asked me to send pages.

Three months later, she left agenting completely. Which is too bad. She was cool.

Chill about the pitching, guys. They're just people.

Abby