More pics from the Central California Writers Conference, these from the kick-off signing.


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And now I must squee for my RT Award winners: P.N. Elrod, who received an award as a Pioneer in Genre Fiction, Rachel Caine, who was honored with a Career Achievement Award for Urban Fantasy and N.K. Jemisin, who won a Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Fantasy: THE BROKEN KINGDOMS.  You go, gals!

Happy Labor Day, all!  A few quick links before I'm off to a cook-out in celebration:

A fun slideshow of pics from the NYC launch party for Michele Lang's Lady Lazarus and my Revamped.

Final day to blog or tweet your favorite lines from Vamped or ReVamped for a chance to win a signed copy of the latter.  ( Details here.)

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Some great pics from the Barnes & Noble signing in Oklahoma City and beyond.


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I've been doing waaayyy too much traveling lately, but now that things have quieted down a little bit, I'm finally sitting down to post some of the pictures from the Nebula Awards weekend.  First, some of the peeps:


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Had a fabulous time at the Romantic Times Convention this past weekend.  Was wonderful to see people I only get to catch up with about once a year and to get out for a meal with my authors Crystal Jordan and N.K. Jemisin.  As a bonus, two offers came in while I was away.  (I swear, I do more deals out of the office than in.)  So much to catch up on ( Read more... )

Okay, so it's haunted house and high school reunion, though it would have been pretty cool to have them combined.  Both were great even in the regular order of things.  This is where the "Personal Ramblings" part of my blog comes in, so if you're here for the publishing stuff, check back tomorrow, but if you like gatherings and ghouls, scroll on ( Read more... )

First, some pics from the fabulous signing of Vamped at Barnes & Noble, where I sat beside children's author Della Ross Ferreri, who was just wonderful.  We had a really good turn out.  A lot of my high school friends showed, along with Guy, who I hadn't seen probably since junior high and who will forever hold a special place in my heart for ( Read more... )

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