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New Covers and Lori Foster’s Event!

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Hi everyone!

I was supposed to post yesterday, but got busy with last-day-of-school stuff, so I'm a little late.

Anyway, the Lori Foster event was awesome! Getting up at 4:45 AM to drive down to Ohio was not awesome, but the trip was great. I picked up Barbara Vey and Amy Knupp in Milwaukee, and we (well, I) had fun on the drive. Amy and I were like freaking Lucy and Ethel, so it was a good thing we had Barbara with us, even though I'm pretty sure we scared her to death (the way Amy's driving scared me.) Ahem.

Here's a bit of her account of the trip, plus pics! (I don't have pics because my husband had our only camera on HIS trip.)

And here's some of Barbara's blog account of the trip! :tongue:

So we got to Cincinnati alive (miracle) and then the weekend went really fast. I met so many awesome people…readers, authors…industry folks. It was great! Oh, and I won a raffle basket! It had beach stuff in it for a picnic, and since we have beaches all around us, I'm sure I'll get some use out of it this summer.

The hotel was nice — the staff was all super friendly. It was quite awesome, really.

So I stayed up too late, ate too much, drank too much (well, not really on that last part…I was actually really good!) and then we had to drive home. Again, it was a good drive — Amy didn't almost kill us, which is a plus. :grin:

We did encounter a really bad accident, and then we stopped at KFC and encountered a disturbing situation in which a man was transporting a ragtag pack of mixed-breed dogs on a makeshift trailer in rusty, too-small cages. He told someone he was taking them to sell. Um…there are only two reasons you'd sell that many mixed-breed dogs, and that's either to a medical researcher or as dogfighting bait. I'm just sick that there was really nothing we could do. I still regret not doing something. :sad:

Anyway, so I'm home and recovered, and I want to say that if anyone has the chance to go to the event next year, it's totally worth it. The low cost as well as reasonable hotel rates makes it a bargain!

rts_germanycrop Now…the covers!

Stephanie and I got the German versions of Riding The Storm and Unleashing The Storm! I can't wait to get the copies — the covers are gorgeous. Riding The Storm is the one with the woman, and the one with the man is Unleashing.

Looking forward to seeing what they do with Seduced By The Storm! uts_germanycrop

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And now, one other announcement — check back on Monday, because I'm going to be asking you some questions…because I need some help. And one person who helps me out will win a tote bag AND…an ARC of Sin Undone!

So be sure to check back!

Have a great weekend, everyone!



Conferences

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

I can't remember if I posted this or not…

But I'll be attending the Lori Foster Reader/Writer Get Together in June, and I'm starting to get really excited! If you happen to be in Cincinnati on Saturday, June 5th, even if you aren't attending the get together, you can come to the booksigning hosted by Barnes & Noble. Should be lots of fun!

Here's the information, including times, dates, location, and authors attending.

I'd really hoped to be able to go to more conferences this year, but between deadlines, my husband's work schedule, and a trip to the west coast in August, I just couldn't work it out. But next year I hope to make up for that and go to lots!

Are you going to any conferences this year? I'll be so jealous!!!!! :yuck:



Upcoming And Current Events

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Hi everyone!

Hope you're having a great weekend! I'm spending it doing revisions, which are going really well. I love seeing a book get better and richer with each pass. I am not one of those authors who can write a perfect book the first time around. I need lots of revisions (my poor editor!) But I always love the finished product. :grin:

So anyway, real quick, I wanted to give you the latest news! First, I have a new interview up at Perpetual Prose. I'd love it if you stopped by if you get a chance!

:cool: Next, fun news! I had to turn down the opportunity to go to the Romantic Times Convention this year — a combination of having no time and having no babysitter. But I am able to work in Lori Foster's Readers and Authors Get Together! I'm so excited!

I wasn't planning to go — I wanted to, but I wasn't sure about my husband's work schedule, and I also didn't want to travel alone. But then, my Writeminded buddy, Amy Knupp said she couldn't go and traveling alone didn't appeal to her either…but since we live near each other, I talked her into going!

So we're going together, which will be all kinds of fun (well, fun for me…she hasn't seen me drive yet!) :wacko:

For those of you in the Cincinnati area, there will be a Barnes & Noble booksigning at the hotel that's open to the public! I'll be there, along with gobs of other authors, so even if you can't make it to the conference, you can always try to make the signing! It's on June 6th from 2-4 PM at the Cincinnati North Marriott. Yay!

For more information, and a list of attending authors, click here.

Okay, off to work on revisions. Have a super weekend, everyone!



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