I was one of 5 local authors invited to discuss how I became a published writer, at Plains District Memorial Museum, Timberville VA.   Preparing for it made me realize all the things I had done wrong.  If I had taken creative writing classes, done workshops and internships, met people, made contacts, surely I’d be a rich and famous author by now.  The other writers were Jean Cash, Ann Heap, Retta Lilliendahl, and Tammy Cullers.   It was a wonderful opportunity to meet them and hear how they did it better!