It’s all about the readers this weekend, and I can’t wait. I’ve just met another small deadline, and with that off my plate I’m free to concentrate on an event I’ve been looking forward to all year: Readers & Ritas. Each November over 200 readers gather in Allen, Texas to talk books, visit with other readers, and have an intimate, up-close weekend with their favorite authors. The full list of attending authors is here and I’m fortunate enough to be one of them this year. The activities are low key and geared to readers, and it’s also an extremely intimate venue, with everyone mingling together, and so I’m looking forward to that.
Tomorrow (Friday) is a pizza party, with games to help everyone get acquainted.
Saturday is the big day: a continental breakfast, lunch, margarita happy hour, book signing and a masquerade party. There are also reader panels and an Author Lounge, where I’ll be hanging out and answering questions about the Zodiac series … and probably a good deal about the new Celestial Blues trilogy as well. All-in-all It’s a great opportunity to visit with readers in a relaxed setting.
I’ve prepped some goodies for the seven readers who are seated at my table – we has the option of doing that or creating a basket for one, but I really wanted to thank each of the readers who chose to sit with me, so I really hope they like their gifts.
Anyway, if you’re attending Readers&Ritas, please stop by my table, or stop me in the hall, the author lounge, or the book-signing and say hello. I’m bringing my camera, and I’ll be tweeting from the event. There will also be a red carpet livestream of the event at 6 PM CST. So readers across the country (and world) can attend virtually in that way. I happen to be MC-ing the livestream, interviewing authors and readers during the broadcast. So if you see an author you love and want to get a book signed and personalized by them, you can contact us via the livestream and the book will be shipped to you Monday. How cool is that?
