I am very frustrated.  I submitted a proposal for a competitive conference - the main national writing conference in the country - and it was accepted.  Accepted last September.  The conference is next week.  Yes, I've had all of this time to work on it, but with work, kids, finalizing my dissertation that I'm defending in April, and have I told you that I own a restaurant?, I've been swamped.  I also cannot find any info on my topic - I mean very, very, very little.  This has led me to procrastinate, and thus I'm going into this feeling very underprepared.  It's tough when you can't find "experts" to back up your thoughts.  I also am not sure if I have an innovative approach to solving the problem that I pose in my proposal.  While I have a very loose draft, I need to have it complete by Sunday so that I can polish on Monday and Tuesday.  Aarggghhh!