This was going to be my blog post about Dragon Con, but every time I sat down to write it, all I could think of was Ann Crispin’s recent passing.
Which is so fitting, actually.
I attended Ann’s Beginners Writing Workshop at Dragon Con 2000 and her Advanced Writers Workshop a couple years after. Ann’s first workshop was the spur that got me writing professionally; it gave me the impetus to take my writing seriously, to focus on honing my craft in order to become the best writer I could be and a published professional in the industry. Continue reading →