Home again after attending Jamie Tremain’s second Bloody
Words conference; the first being in Ottawa in 2009. And true to form it was another great weekend
– a wealth of information and networking packed into three days. Terrific panellists and guest speakers;
Linwood Barclay and Gayle Lynds were in fine form. Enjoyed listening to Dr. Peter Collins, whose
degree in forensic psychiatry has involved him in many areas of law enforcement
and criminal behaviour – it was fascinating and the time went by far too
quickly. My LinkedIn and Facebook
contact list has now grown after the weekend.
Pam and I arrived in the middle of a torrential rain Friday
afternoon – so much rain that Union Station had been evacuated due to flooding.
And then a tragic shooting at the Eaton Centre in downtown Toronto (just blocks
away from our hotel) on Saturday brought home the fact that any of us can be affected
by random violence – although this appears to have been a gang related shooting
with one death, innocent lives are changed forever when caught in the
crossfire.
Our manuscript evaluation was done by Deryn Collier which was
extremely helpful and will keep us on track. She had some great pointers and was very
positive and supportive and we are more than grateful for her advice. Needless to say you know what that means.....Draft
6 will be started before long.
Thanks also to Jim Shephard for some insight and tips
discussed this morning – I’ll be adding his P.E. Eyes to my reading list. Along with Deryn Collier, Gayle Lynds and the
new Linwood Barclay book due out later this year – just to name a few.
I can’t even imagine how much work and planning went into
producing another successful conference and my hat’s off to all who were
involved. Pam and I will start saving our nickels (pennies are soon to be
extinct) in order to attend the next Bloody Words, which is skipping a year and
will be again in Toronto in 2014.
So after a very tiring but satisfying weekend, I now have to
switch gears for returning to work tomorrow.
Have a great week and stay tuned for some new ideas coming
to this blog in the near future!
Cheers!
Liz
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