I'm bak from St. Louis.  Really great conference with a chance to meet a lot of neat people.  I got some good feedback on my first 500 words, which confirmed what my sister and I discussed earlier.  So now I have some work to do on my opening few chapters.  I think I need to deconstruct them to bring them more in line with the ending.  
I learned a lot at the conference, and once I finish my re-writes, I'll be ready to submit to the agents at the conference.
