RWA National Recap

Posted by on Jul 19, 2009 in dish | 0 comments Whew! One more RWA National Conference in the rearview mirror. This was a networking year for me, so that meant fewer workshops to report on. Here are some highlights from some of the workshops I did attend:Outwitting a Muse Who Just Won’t Behave – If the girls in the basement (as Barbara Samuel O’Neal is likely to call them) or the squirrels (as I’m likely to call them)...
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Now That’s What I Call Feminine Protection!

Posted by on Jul 16, 2009 in dish | 0 comments Now I’ve seen it all. Normally, the host hotel for RWA National commandeers a men’s bathroom to handle the high number of female attendees. I’ve always thought it was kinda cool to penetrate the inner sanctum in all its masculine glory. But not the Marriott Wardman Park. They were so kind as to arrange this:It’s not like we’re going to run screaming from the loo at...
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mimi Does Monuments!

Posted by on Jul 10, 2009 in dish | 0 comments I am one tired puppy, let me tell you. I wish I’d remembered the pedometer, because I have no idea how much we walked. I only know it was a lot. After a yummy breakfast at Afterwords Café near Dupont Circle, we hoofed it down Connecticut Avenue to Lafayette Square, then over to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. I’ve been to DC before, but my memories of a lot of these places are from a tour...
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The Bed List/The Dinner List

Posted by on Jul 3, 2009 in dish | 1 comment BED LIST: EDDIE CAHILLWe don’t watch much TV at Chez mimi (not having cable will do that to you), but we’re lined up and ready on Wednesday nights for CSI: NY. And let me just say it’s no hardship whenever Det. Flack walks by, usually spouting some smart remark. The twinkly eyes and hard bod don’t hurt, either. Yum.DINNER LIST: SEN.-ELECT AL FRANKENSeveral years ago, I...
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#writerfail Redux

Posted by on Jul 2, 2009 in dish | 2 comments For all I adore technology, I’m not a first adopter. It took a couple of years before I finally bought a cell phone, and I was practically the last person I knew to start texting. Although I belong to several email loops, I was a Facebook holdout until recently. I’m still on the fence about Twitter. After reading Jennifer Weiner’s post about Alice Hoffman and how not to use...
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