Hi, gang! I’m back…barely. It was a great conference!! Here’s a quick rundown of the first 2 days:

Wednesday – Arrived early, had breakfast with Sylvia Day (my roommate), Naughty Nikki and the Dawns, along with Jax (one of the Romance Divas). Fun way to start the conference, even if the eggs were tragic. We checked into our suite. It was supposed to be a 2 bedroom suite. I asked 3 times when we made the reservation if that was the case. There were supposed to be 4 of us sharing, but when were were told it was a 2 bed suite, we split up, shut off the living room and lived with it. The hotel said this happens all the time, and we wondered why they don’t change the way they describe it to patrons. Too logical? We were supposed to go to the Ellora’s Cave author lunch, but were dealing with hotel stuff. Instead, I joined Jaci Burton for lunch in the hotel. The food provided another underwhelming experience. Blah food and even worse restaurant and bar service were themes of this conference. That afternoon, I attended the Bookseller’s tea. Lots of amazing desserts, but I managed to avoid most of those and meet a few booksellers, as well as chat with Sue Grimshaw (the head romance buyer for Borders/Waldens) and meet Tina Trevaskies (a store asst. manager and wonderful Borders bookseller). Wedensday night was the literacy signing, and we were later told that we made nearly $60k for the cause! After a few drinks, it was off to bed for me. Thursday was going to be a long day.

Thursday – I had breakfast with my Pocket editor. We had a great time. She really put me at ease, and we talked about a ton of stuff beyond what we’re working on together. We met at 9 and left the restaurant about 11:30! I went back to the conference hotel and found out that Sue Grimshaw mentioned me and Sylvia Day as authors who sell well in erotic romance during part of her speach to the published authors!! Yipee! I also had a quick soda with Rhyannon Byrd, who had flown in for the afternoon to meet with her editor. Then I went to talk to my agent for a while, which is usually a fun conversation, but also this time productive. Planning is always good. I met Ann Leslie Tuttle with Harlequin, who had on this gorgeous spring green suit. Then it was off to get ready for the Pocket dinner that night. The dinner was at a very posh place called Stephen Pyles. OMG, the food was amazing!!! The dessert, something called Heaven and Hell cake, was 7 alternating layers of devil’s food cake and angel food cake with peanut butter mousse in the middle, surrounded by chocolate. To. Die. For. Seriously! Even better, though, was the people. All very kind and welcoming, they went out of their way to make you feel included. I loved it! Dinner started at 7 and I got back to the hotel at midnight. Wow, what a day!

More to come tomorrow!

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