Well, it’s back to work – and Vegas – after a lovely weekend off. One day for readers, the next for family … can’t as for more than that, huh?
If you’d like to see what I was up to on Saturday, there is video here of me “emceeing” or interviewing all the authors who took part in the 8th annual Boas & Tiaras Tea in Allen, TX. I had so much fun talking to authors I know and love – like Jaye Wells and Rachel Caine – to meeting new friends-to-me like Dianna Love, Lori Wilde and Vicki Lewis Thompson and Nalini Singh. The whole thing was like a mini-reader’s conference, and if you’ve never been to a writer’s/reader’s con, and would like to see what goes on at one, here’s a taped panel featuring a chat with seven awesome authors. They talk about what they do and why, and I just love to see both the reasons and people behind the book.
But most of all, I loved meeting the readers. I sat at a table with readers who’d traveled from Kansas and San Antonio and College Station to attend the event, and it was incredible to hear what the Zodiac series, newly complete, has meant to them. Talking to them gave me closure, and now Joanna Archer’s journey – from my mind to theirs – feels complete.
I was a bit harried from my emcee duties and didn’t take any pictures, but here are a few I’ve cribbed from the web.
The lineup, right before introductions.
I tried to tell a joke … which is laughable in itself.
Oh Jackie, Jackie, Jackie. Well, we’ll forever have this moment, won’t we? 
My Facebook friends, Katie and Mandi – I already had faces for the names, but it was such a pleasure to see them animated.
All in all, it was a wonderful event, and wonderfully run as well. Do look into it next year if you’re in the area, or why wait? Readers&Ritas, in November, is held at the same location. I know I’ll be there as well!
The rest of the weekend was a bit quieter, and spent with family – swimming, grilling, and cheering on the Dallas Mavericks – but now I’m back to work, and intend to keep my head down until the end of the month when I attend RWA’s national conference in New York.
