Upcoming Events
July 30-Aug. 2--RWA
National Conference, San Francisco, CA
("Readers for Life" Literacy Autographing, July 30, time TBA)
Photos
I've been going to the same grocery store for close to twenty years, and when
you have four sons--well, let's just say the manager sends us a yearly Christmas
card! Arline, one of the many great people who work at the Giant,
organized a book signing at the store--it was great fun!
Here are some of my pictures from the Romantic Times convention. You know,
I take my camera with me almost everywhere--I got a nice small digital--but I
hardly ever take pictures! Dressed for the fairy ball in the first picture
are Kristina Cook/Kristi Astor and Charlotte Featherstone. In the next
picture, Kristi joins Jackie Ivie. In the third picture, Jackie is dressed
for the vampire ball. Can you see my costume? I have a few beads on
my head--I'm not much into costumes, I'm afraid.
  
At the New England conference, I met up with pals Barbara Plum (seated) and
Teresa Bodwell. Teresa snapped the shot of me at the book signing.
 
Here's a picture of my agent, Jessica Faust, checking out the Naked books while
she was off on vacation--truly a dedicated woman! Alas, my editor, Hilary
Sares, is proving camera shy. She keeps telling me she'll get her picture
taken with the Naked guys, but so far no photo has shown up in my inbox. I
guess she's just working too hard, reading all those manuscripts that keep
pouring into her office!! (And I've seen her office--lots and lots of
manuscripts.)
I was in New York City at the end of March for the Novelists, Inc.
conference--and I brought my camera. First, I met up with fellow
Kensington authors Susan Lyons and Sylvia Day at the Kensington offices and then
dragged them over to Barnes & Noble to pose with the Naked display. The
second picture is at Mustang Harry's (Mustang Sally's was apparently down the
block, but we didn't get there--the weather was a tad chilly and we were going
for shortest time in the wind. Kristina Cook/Kristi Astor is in white.
Next to her is Lori Devoti and then PW blogger Barbara Vey. One night
Kristi, Lori, and I went to Toys R Us to find gifts for Lori's kids and I
couldn't resist having some pictures snapped. Lori and I join King
Kong--the Empire State building was made entirely of Legos--and then Kristi and
I pose with the Jurassic Park dino.
   
Kat, who works at the Bethesda Barnes & Noble, joins me and the Get Naked
display in her store's romance section. It's so great to see all four
Naked books together!
We live in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., but we're also across the street
from a neighborhood park that is home to lots of wildlife--I've seen groundhogs,
deer, foxes, and toads, among other creatures. We have a "pet" toad that
likes to hang out at night on our front stoop by a stone toad the original
owners left behind in the front garden. I'd like to think it's the same
toad, but I don't know much about the life cycles of toads. Anyway, here
he (or she) is with the stone toad--on the left was last year and on the right,
this August.
 
Here are a few photos from RWA's 2007 conference in Dallas--1. Me at the book
signing with all THREE books! 2. Some of my pals--Theresa Bodwell,
Kristina Cook, Laura Drewry, Lori Devoti, Caroline Linden, and Eve Silver/Eve
Kenin. 3. Before the Ritas--me, Caroline Linden, Kristina Cook, and
Jessica Trapp. 4. The glass elevators that I had so much fun riding!
   
When The Naked Earl made the USA Today bestsellers' list (yippee!), my agent,
Jessica Faust, sent me flowers.
I don't get flowers often (hint to husband), so I wanted to preserve the
experience. Here they are--aren't they lovely?
 
I spent April 20-21 at the Ladies' Regency Weekend at
Riversdale
House Museum. I had a great time! I learned to play faro (well,
sort of), hazard, sept, and other Regency card and dice games. I also
toured the museum's collection, examined Regency clothing, ate food prepared
from period recipes, and learned Regency dances, among other diversions.
Here are a few pictures I took. (If you click on them, they should
enlarge.) In the first, my pal
Kristina Cook stands on the back portico. In the second,
Janet Mullany (left) and Kristina
(right) join me for a published author picture. (I'm wearing one of
Kristina's cast off dresses.) Janet is also a docent at Riversdale.
She's the one who clued us in on this great opportunity to go back in time.
In the third, a few of the attendees gather on the front portico. Aren't
their dresses beautiful?
  
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