Wednesday, July 22, 2009
With Naughty Nikki – the First Person I Didn’t Know Who Bought My Book at 1st Signing
With My Fabu Critique Partner, Janene & Jessa & Joey (where’s Betty?) Our Friends From Portland
Triplets – According to Cherry Adair and Jordan Dane, You Can’t Tell the 3 of Us Apart
I Get to Pose With the Amazing Terrio!
Two Million Pounds of Sushi With My Agent & Her Clients at The Sake Club
Me with the Amazing and Fabulous Simone Elkeles!
Just got back from the Romance Writers of America national conference in Washington DC and had a great time. Ate a lot of sushi and didn’t break too many laws, that I know of.
Had a few times where I played a little hooky, like when Simone Elkeles and I served as protection for Ally Carter at Politics & Prose signing and then later accompanied her to do some research at the Spy Museum. I don’t think I’ll ever forget the petite and lovely Ally as she hiked up her skirt and pink jacket and climbed into the ducts to spy on the other visitors.
And a huge thanks to Simone when I forgot my room key and she let me crash in her room. Why does she put up with me?
I don’t know how much sushi I ate at the Sake Club, but it was enough to make me mainline Pepcid for a week. A huge thanks to the gals from Portland who found Janene and I wandering lost in the Marriott Wardman the first night and invited us to take the metro to Dupont Circle for a drink.
Thanks to Cherry Adair for entertaining us all during a fire alarm situation with the speech for the RITA she hoped she wouldn’t have to give. I was rooting for her. And then there was Naughty Nikki and Joyful Joy who kept us up all night drinking and tormenting a guy who was trying to con us.
So now, I’m back. Away from the glamorous world of the romance writer and back to reality. I did get to share a second night of sushi with my friend Becca, whose husband Josh is deployed with Mr. Assassin. And I spent one incredible night with my baby brother, Nathan, Kay and Callie and a very enthusiastic pup named Tangles. Cake was involved. Need I say more?
Now, back to work…
The Assassin