Notes to Self: #AWP14 Seattle

An Iowan should not be cold in Seattle. But I am cold.
Hats in hotel rooms. It happens.

So, I'm here in Seattle on Day 2 of the AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) Conference. Twelve-to-fifteen thousand writers have converged upon downtown and, surprisingly, we have not overtaxed the plethora of Starbucks in a four-block radius. I'm spendin…