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More RT Fun

I’ve been thinking about last week and there were some definite high points that I should share. The Fairy Ball was fun – especially when Angela Knight and her husband sat down at our table. I’m a long-time fan of her work and it was very cool to have her at our table. Her husband is really nice and she is very sweet.

The next day, I got to be on a panel with Rebecca York. I’ve been reading her work for years, so this was quite a treat for me. She was gracious and had some very interesting things to say about the topic of the panel – paranormal worldbuilding. It sounded as if she and I did a lot of our worldbuilding in a similar manner. Cool, huh?

The Vampire Ball was spent, once again, with Stella Price, Elizabeth Darvill, Ash Arcineaux and a bunch of other great people. Jimmy from Samhain is a super fun guy and it was great to see all my friends from Samhain again. I also had a great dinner with my editor from Kensington and we got to know each other better, which is good. It’s strange when you work with someone by email, you don’t always have a clear picture of who they are. She and I had met a few times before, but it was really good to be able to chat about anything and everything over a delicious Italian meal.

I also got to see one of my childhood friends on the way home from RT. We stopped to have dinner at her place in Ohio – the first time I’d ever been to her new house. It was really great to finally see her place and see her kids, who have grown like weeds since I last saw them. Now I’m back in NY and trying to recharge. It was good to get away but all my sadness and troubles were still waiting for me back home, so it’s slow going. It’s good to have work to do and readers who appreciate it. Without you guys, my life would be even harder right now, which is difficult – and scary – to conceive of. Thank goodness for work and people who want to read my books. Without them, I would be lost. So thanks, everyone. You’re giving me reason and strength to go on with this thing I call a life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.