I'm going to Thrillerfest! This will be the biggest moment in my writing career. I've been to other conferences, actually several other conferences, but this is the ultimate conference. It's for thriller writers. My manuscript is finished. My pitch line is ready. A little more polish on my synopsis but I have until July. So what's the worst that could happen? Well, everybody could hate it. Or they could laugh at it. But at the very least, I'll get professional feedback and know what I have to do.
And it's still four days in the company of the best thriller writers in the country. It's a chance to listen to them, to hear how they think, to learn where they get their ideas, to find out if they're like me or if I'm as strange as friends and family think I am.