<!--quoteo(post=317797:date=Sep 14 2008, 09&#58;40 AM:name=Gregswife)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Gregswife &#064; Sep 14 2008, 09&#58;40 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=317797">&lt;strong&gt;QUOTE BELOW&lt;/strong&gt;</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Kevin - are you enjoying the conference?  If I remember correctly, didn&#39;t you say it was a writer&#39;s conference.  Are you a writer?  I used to dabble in it, always envisioned I would write the great American novel someday, but.....<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />Hey Cheryl, I was going back through the dock.  Did you know you had two messages to me in the same post? <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/wacko.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":wacko:" border="0" alt="wacko.gif" /> <br /><br /><br />Anyway.  You asked if I&#39;m a writer.  I would say yes, but that might be stretching the truth.  Wannabe might be a better word. <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":laugh:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> <br /><br />I belong to two groups that actually have real writers (Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and Pikes Peak Writers Club.)  They both have annual conferences which I attend, and I submit my work in the contests.  Haven&#39;t won anything.  I have two unpublished novels, one novella, and one short story.  I also go to a critique group once a month.  Have to have thick skin to be in a critique group, but that&#39;s never been a problem for me.   It&#39;s a small group, and two of the members are published.  I think I&#39;m getting better at the craft.  Maybe someday.