The League of Utah Writers Quills 2020 conference is over. It was memorable for seveal reasons.
1. I'm the new President of the League. Johnny Worthen has moved to become the Past-President and Bryan Young has become the President-Elect.
2. I got to participate in a commemorative 85th year anthology The Function of Freedom as a contributor, an editor, and in writing some closing remarks. It contains work from a wide range of League members in several genres, including poetry and essay along with speculative fiction. My story Give and Take tells of a man working to make up for a past he regrets as he slaves in the mines to extract bits of magic from the ground.
3. The conference was entirely online with some pre-recorded classes, live Q&A, live workshops, live one-on-one pitches with agents and editors, our annual writing contest awards, and even a social room for chat and networking with fellow-attendees. Live would be better in most cases, but we were able to pull people in who would otherwise never be able to come.
It was a great event and I look forward to working with a great team.
