A Chapter of Romance Writers of America®

GCCRWA Proudly Presents

2008 Silken Sands Writers Conference

April 11-13, 2008
THE HAMPTON INN
PENSACOLA BEACH, FLORIDA

From Kickoff Speaker Catherine Mann to Keynote Speaker Sherrilyn Kenyon, we're happy to report that Silken Sands 2008 was a tremendous success. We have pictures and success stories to inspire us to write more, write better, and to help us weather the storms when we submit our precious works. Many thanks to Hank Krieger and Nanci Race who took these pictures. Next year, we'll support our neighboring chapter Southern Magic in Birmingham, Alabama, for their outstanding conference. Then, in 2010, we will be back at Silken Sands on the beach. We hope you'll join us in our chapter and at our conference.

Presentation of the first Fran McNabb Service Award to Fran McNabb

Sheri Cobb South introducing Don McNair

Our Editors: Left - Megan Records - Kensington, Middle - Margo Lipschultz - Harlequin HQ Right - Deb Werksman - Sourcebooks

Our Raffe Baskets

Listening to Dianna Love Snell and Mary Buckham

Fran, Sherrilyn Kenyon & Martha

Nanci Race of Massachusetts and Nita Shoemaker in front of the hotel (with a friend).

View of the surf from the Hampton deck.

Nita & Rita Van Fleet in front of Fran McNabb's wall hanging.

PuttPutt Golf next to the Hampton.
Copyright 2008 by GCCRWA and J.P. Shoemaker
All images courtesy of GCCRWA and J.P. Shoemaker
Background image courtesy of Artistic Designers