This past weekend I attended the San Francisco Writer’s Conference. The experience was enriching beyond all expectation. Most of the writers who attended were from the Bay area, which has always been a mecca for writers – think Berkeley… More recently it has attracted more publishing houses, which makes it a natural choice for a conference like this.
I must admit, I was a little nervous because I didn’t know what writers were like! Even though I am a writer myself, I have spent more time in spiritual and healing circles than with writers. I was pleasantly surprised. Writers are some of the most grounded, yet open people I have ever met. It makes sense, to be a successful writer you have to be disciplined and grounded as well as creative.
What I hadn’t considered was how healthy they would be! Writing clears out the psyche. So here we were, staying at the Mark Hopkins on top of Nob Hill, with hundreds of expressive, and often eccentric, writers from the Bay area and beyond.
I participated in a poetry reading, met lots of great contacts and walked up and down Nob Hill each morning for a proper cup of coffee. The only downside to the whole trip is my sore legs.