All the speakers blew my mind with in-depth analyses of story elements like character and voice, but it was Claudia Mills who cracked my jaded writer's heart. Her hilarious and down-to-earth wisdom about juggling a writing career (inking 1 hour a day, every day) with the demands of life was exactly what I needed to hear at this time. As a (lazy) perfectionist, I fall into useless melancholia too easily. Which is why I very much appreciated a quote she shared by Anthony Trollope, essentially that a habit "has the force of a water drop that hollows the stone. A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules."
Psstt . . . I also received some marvelous feedback on my Agent Regalia manuscript. Now I just hope I can finish and polish the story to a proper shine by spring! Time to channel the water drop's power.
