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Let’s Just Write! Chicago

I had such a great few days in Chicago at Let’s Just Write! This was a very honest conference with very respectable people. The last panel was absolutely amazing because we obtained a real, hard look at the industry. During this conference, I connected closely with more people than I have at other conferences. And the best part is that most of these people are close to home for me! My favorite thing at this conference was getting kicked out of the dining room because two other people and I were talking well past hours, even after everyone had already left. That conversation was amazing. I learned so much. We discussed generational differences, culture, media, and how everything ties together.

I love this community so much that it’s hard to explain. Being able to discuss everything in life back and forth and deeply is such a win for me and something I have always craved. There was not a single person at this conference that I ran into who wasn’t respectful, caring, and empathetic. It was great to learn I can be respected for my mind and me as a person and it was great to be surrounded by people who just want to help make the world a better place and who love to write.

The organization also did amazing with the structure of this conference. You could tell they really cared and wanted to keep us all together. There were only two panels that were not master classes each other, which was great because then, during meals, we were able to discuss what someone may have missed that was important. Also, by the end of the conference, we were comfortable enough to have lunch with other people outside of the hotel after having been with them nonstop for multiple days. Not only that, but we discussed topics that I had never thought to dive into before, like personal essays, I finally took a class on back blurbs, which I have been looking for, and learned more about social media.

I am very thankful that I went to this conference and cherish the friendships and memories that came from it. It is amazing what can happen in just a few days!

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Coastal Magic 2024

This year was the first time my husband attended a writing conference with me! He arrived the day after it started and definitely left an impression, at least on my heart.

This is the third conference I have attended and it was vastly different than any of the others. This conference was not just for writers but also for readers, which made it so much more intimate and cute. It was also the smallest conference I have been to so far!

Some of the amazing activities that they provided was a Murder Mystery Event! You can see above that my husband came dressed for the party just like he had for the pajama party. Along with those two events, where the authors participated greatly to entertain readers, they had a bestie night, author lunches, alone time, and a signing event where my husband and I bought so many books. The authors’ participation really had our appreciation and love for them growing.

This conference was also right on the ocean, so I had my first experience with the tide, which was terrifying!! I didn’t really understand or know how the ocean could be so close to the hotel in the morning and then crawl so far out at night. It definitely made me more terrified of the ocean.

But anyway, this conference was such an eye-opener. We learned so many things about relations and just how feeing writing can be in general. Honestly, I came away from this realizing that I can be more of who I am than I already am. I can fully explore myself and the real me without being afraid. I can finally welcome my true self to the world.

With that, expect our writing and business to not take a turn but to branch off. The branches later will be called Kasverse in the Dark and Lockdrest in the Dark. Those stories will still take place in our universes but the stories will be more adult themed. There will also be another branch later that we will be calling Kasverse After Dark and Lockrest After Dark, where I will be putting stories you cannot find elsewhere that are a little too mature for the eyes.

After this conference, I signed up for two more conferences I will be attending this year on top of the two I have already signed up for. One will be to train me to write our ‘In the Dark’ and ‘After Dark’ pieces of our universes correctly.

I have many more pictures and a video posted on my social media accounts if you want to check out more that this amazing conference had to offer. I am very thankful for all the authors, writers, readers, and staff who put this amazing event on for us. It gave us many memories, friends, and helped us make life-changing decisions in order to grow.