Torn between "NO!" and "But it's Anne running it..." Why am I not surprised =). And if we tried to help you stay away from fests (nguhhh trying! real.. hard here! Can you tell? *g*) we'd deprive ourselves of some great fiction.
I probably won't tackle any, which has less to do with challenges (no well, wait - fact is that I put myself under insane pressure) than with needing to recalibrate, to find my voice again, to define where I stand and what stories I want to tell. Oh gods the melodrama! Can I sound any whinier. Maybe just a passing side effect of too much kerazee. That said, I *love* the fests, they give me a warm tingly feeling - so many great stories have been written for them! ♥