RWA 2009 Conference Day 3

The Romance Writers of Australia is holding its 2009 National Conference in Brisbane.

We’re not writers, but we’re sticky beaks, so we’re following the live tweets to keep up to date on the goings on (no incriminating photos, yet).

If you have a Twitter account, the hashtag is #RWAus09, and you might also want to follow @RWAus. You can catch up on previous tweets: Day 1 | Day 2 | RWA award winners

You can find additional official coverage on the RWA blog. If you know of any bloggers or tweeters covering the conference, please let us know so we can link to them.

If you can’t see the live updates below, you can also view the tweets via Twitter or ScribbleLive.

• 1:05 AM: BookThingo Twitter stream from the Romance Writers of Australia conference – #RWAus09.
• 7:13 AM: RWAus What’s happening at #RWAus09 right now:Last day already! Starting off with spotlights on Knight Agency, Harlequin, Allen&Unwin, Curtis Brown
• 9:00 AM: RWAus What’s happening at #RWAus09 right now: Collaborative writing, big bad media, get organised, finding your voice workshops start now.
• 9:12 AM: ReadNikkiLogan #RWAus09 #KnightAgency. Melissa Jeglinski’s pet submission peeves: be to the point, don’t start with a question, don’t end with a hook/tease
• 9:12 AM: ReadNikkiLogan #RWAus09 #KnightAgency. Vampires r still in, but pubs looking for different construction to the inciendery vampire Hero/vulnerable heroine.
• 9:58 AM: RWAus #Claytons chat in the chat room starts at 10am. Writing Sex Scenes
• 10:00 AM: RWAus What’s happening at #RWAus09 right now: The F-word, dialogue, beginnings,endings&high stakes sessions begin now.
• 11:14 AM: kikilon Blogging, tweeting, Facebook. Don’t kid yourself into believing they’ll increase your sales. Only do it if you enjoy it. #rwaus09
• 11:28 AM: kikilon “Short is the new long.” Trish Morey on word count. #rwaus09 quotes
• 11:29 AM: ReadNikkiLogan #RWAus09 #FightFlightFreeze. “The smallest indivisible human unit is two, not one; one is a fiction.” Tony Kushner
• 12:00 PM: RWAus What’s happening at #RWAus09 right now: Breast cancer fundraiser pink luncheon with silent auctions. Sorry,no phone-ins.
• 12:03 PM: RWAus Zana Bell in the #Claytons chat room now talking about how to cope with rejection.
• 12:18 PM: RWAus “Rejection is no the end of the road; ti’ merely a junction or detour.” – Zana Bell. #Claytons Conference 2009
• 1:00 PM: RWAus What’s happening at #RWAus09 right now: Author chats: Paranormal, YA, Sexy, Just signed. What do YOU want to know?
• 1:41 PM: ReadNikkiLogan #RWAus09. 750 members and 197 of us help RWA out in some voluntary capacity. That is a-mazing!
• 1:48 PM: sandiehudson coming up on @claytons Valerie Parv chat with @traceyohara both are at #RWAus09 how nice of them to give up some of their time for #claytons
• 2:02 PM: ReadNikkiLogan #RWAus09 #FightFlightFreeze. Apparently humans become biologically attracted to those we face a dangerous experience with…
• 3:00 PM: RWAus What’s happening at #RWAus09 :All good things must come to an end. The conference is over already. See you all for #rwaus10 in Sydney!
• 3:38 PM: kikilon Being on an author chat with Kaz Delaney and Alison Rushby was very surreal. Luckily, great, smart audience. #rwaus09
• 4:02 PM: ReadNikkiLogan #RWAus09 #Breastcancer. We’ve raised $10,000+ for Breast Cancer research with thanks to a dollar-for-dollar donation from Harlequin Ent.
• 4:04 PM: ReadNikkiLogan #RWAus09 – that’s it… It’s all over. A great, inspiring conference for all. Thanks to those who have been following the conference tweets.
• 4:47 PM: kikilon Surreal moment of the #rwaus09 conference: Leaving with more money and less books than I came with.
• 4:52 PM: MiriamCarder Surreal moment of the #rwaus09 conference: Leaving with more money and less books than I came with.
• 4:54 PM: PatriceConnorA Surreal moment of the #rwaus09 conference: Leaving with more money and less books than I came with.
• 6:24 PM: MoniWood Absolutely wrecked. Sitting on Anita’s computer checking messages and having a heart attack at the number of unread ones. #RWAus09 was TOPS.
• 6:46 PM: nickystrickland #RWAus09 Thank you to everyone, organisers, fellow attendees for an awesome intro to RWA conferencing! Sleep strongly beckoning.