I will be entirely honest: I tend to choose my RWA conference attendance by virtue of where the conference is taking place. San Francisco? Oh, yeah. Orlando? Not so much. No offense to Orlando, but here is the real deciding factor: what is there to see and do in the...
Over the years I've gone to a number of RWA conferences. I've pitched. I've gone to workshops. I've sat in my room and wondered what I was doing there. I've signed books. I've collected books. I've met agents, editors, publicists, professionals that I now call...
Recently, a clerk in the store was truly helpful and just wonderfully nice—this doesn't always happen when you shop and have a child with autism, so I made a point of finding the manager and telling them what a fine job the clerk had done. To which the manager...
This weekend was such a whirl. Trip to Portland, a booksigning, come home and then over Puget Sound to Silverdale for the last signing. I can't believe how fast the time went. But I thought you might like to see some pictures from all these adventures. Powells Julia...
Bracing myself for the week ahead. Three events, four if you count that this morning, Lord Langley goes on sale! Huzzah! Hurray! Yee-hah! I think that covers it. Since I am usually a stay at home mom who has been known to drive through carpool pick up wearing her...
A long time ago, a typo in a group post amongst the Avon Authors became the butt of some good-natured ribbing. I don't even remember who it was, but someone had gone to their local store to see if they could "spoot" the new books that were supposed to be out that day....
