What is PNWA, you ask? Its the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. They hold an exciting conference each year. There are workshops, luncheons, seminars and best of all – the chance to pitch your work to real-life agents and editors! They also hold monthly meetings where writing experts give advice. I try not to throw up on their shoes.

This is my second year attending the conference. Last year I pitched my third novel, Rift. Almost everyone I spoke with asked to see it, but no bites on signing an agent. This year I’ll be pitching my latest novel, tentatively named The Fall (or Fallen. No, wait, The Fall. Hm.).

Wanna hear my pitch? Okay don’t laugh…

Kendra doesn’t know what it’s like to be held by her mother. All she has is a faded picture the social worker gave her at the hospital two years ago, after an accident killed her parents and bleached her memory. But strange dreams haunt her about a boy who supposedly never existed. She can’t shake him, even when popular guy Liam starts to fall for her. When she asks too many questions, her past slams in to her present in the form of lethal agents, bent on killing her to stop her from discovering her own past – as a born and bred asset for The Agency, a secret group with a world-wide grip. Her only girlfriend, who turns out to be a secret agency operative, is murdered, and Kendra narrowly escapes a bullet in the back. She runs for the boy from her dreams, leaving love and Liam behind. After all, the boy is the only one who can help keep her alive – and maybe explain just who she was before she was Kendra.

Thoughts? Feel free to leave them below. I’ll see how I like this tomorrow. Or Saturday. My pitch tends to change up until I’m standing in line waiting to talk to an agent. Inevitably, I stutter. I’ll definitely mess up a few big words. I swear I have an English degree. Swear!

I’ll be attending the conference this year with my friend, J. We met last year at the conference while waiting for our rides to pick us up. It was an instant connection over our native cities listed on our badges!

Here I come, Seatac Hilton! It’s so glamorous, right? Anyway, if you’ve ever considered joining a writers group or going to a conference, I highly recommend this one. There are so many huge authors, agents and excellent teachers at this conference it’s a little overwhelming. I wish I had more hours in the day to attend more workshops. I feel like I always have to pick between two really good ones!

Also, the author of Cinder (read my review below) will be speaking at the conference, and signing her book. Guess who has two thumbs and is bringing her copy? This gal!

Okay, I promise not to do that at the conference. Sorry.

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