I made it through a very long day of travel yesterday, but at the end my critique partner Jodie was there to meet me. Yay! That made the long hours of sitting in tiny seats worth it.

Did you know you can get a flu shot right there in the Denver airport? Now that is efficiency.

The hotel and conference center is beautiful. My room is on the nineteenth floor, and if you’re brave, you can look all the way down to the ground floor. I haven’t taken a good look yet.

My roommate, Heidi Chiavaroli, arrived today. I’m so glad to meet her. And anytime now, Donna and Kimberly should be here. Having this extra time today to hang out is wonderful.

More later,

Christina

I received a comment from one of my wonderful critique partners today. She questioned part of my story, and rightly so. I hadn’t done enough research. Funny thing is, I love the research, so I got right on with it.

The storyline has two people with Down’s Syndrome planning to be married. But is that reasonable? I know of a couple locally that are married, and I assumed that marriage among adults with Down’s Syndrome was a regular occurrence.

I’m happy to report that after searching the internet, I found some of the most beautiful loves stories. My favorite is the story of Paul and Andrea. They were the first couple with Down’s Syndrome to marry in the UK. Check out their story.

Below is a trailer for the documentary, Monica and David.

Enjoy!

A couple of weeks ago, I finished another first draft. That brings me to a total of three completed manuscripts. I wonder when I’ll get to this point and not feel lost for a few days.

So what’s next?

Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite.

Yep, it’s back at the edits. I’ll be fixing all those little glitches, typos, and oops I-could-do-better spots. I’m also putting together a proposal for an agent and ordering new business cards.

The new cards will have one of my new headshots taken by Marci at MarciB Photography.

Here are a few I’m considering. What do you think?

Yesterday marked the 39th birthday for my husband, Jason. We did the traditional thing. I made his favorite dinner, or at least the dinner he requested and we ended our evening with cake. This year was a little different. I ordered the cake from Jillicious Desserts. Oh my! Orange Dream cake is a very yummy experience. Not the kind of experience that helps you lose a few pound, but more like the kind that’s worth throwing the diet out the window for an evening.

Here is a picture of Jason taken a couple weeks ago, when the Bacho family came over. He’s always looking for a little competition, and found it in jumping random objects in the backyard.