Topics?

So I was asked to speak in June at a wine and cheese gathering at the local country club--a fundraiser for a library. When I speak to writers, I naturally gravitate to certain topics. Characterization. Breaking out of a rut. Making your manuscript stand out. Plot. Theme. Getting your hook in the manuscript early. Writers, I get.

But when you have a group assembled that is not comprised of writers, the topics shift. I have a few ideas . . . but . . . I would love to hear from you all--writers, readers, lurkers (you know who you are because you occasionally email me!), bloggers, etc. If you went to see an author speak, what would you want to hear about? If you went to see ME speak, what the heck would you want to learn?

Side note: Wine will be involved, so . . . that makes everything immediately more interesting.

Now . . . discuss!

Peace,
E