Snap Back To Reality

Oh boy, gravity blows, as Eminem would agree with me. Reality returns and uber-roofer came home to crap a-plenty. Someone went up on one of my roofs and stole $800 worth of material. Someone(s) comfortable with height, slippery unpapered plywood, big gaps on unfinished roof, walked across 200 squares of badly nailed sheathing and threw down all my tar paper. You do the deduction who said culprits were. Gah. RB and I not happy.

But oh well. Real life continues. So let's post happy pictures ;-P.

The signing at the RT Book Fair went very well. I sat next to Kathy Love: She was great company. She writes hot vampire stories for Brava and was giving out little packets (see pic, right in front) of "blood" samples to readers that said "You're just his type."

Behind me was author extraordinaire Marjorie Liu, who must have pleased the cover gods because every one of her covers is too freaking beautiful. She and I had a lot of fun talking back and forth in between signing.

The RT people didn't give us any water for a LONG time (and we had to sit there for four hours), so after a while, I had to leave my table to get something to drink. Of course, I started wandering around. The lines for my favorite authors were too long (LKH, MJD, Angela Knight) but I got to visit with Cherry Adair a little bit:

She's a hoot to talk to and always so supportive and friendly. I heart Cherry Adair.

Anyway, I sold all the books on my table except for five, thanks to some awesome readers, some of whom came all the way from Australia and Germany while others drove up to ten hours from other cities! Truly, truly awesome romance fans. Thank you so very much!

The best part, for me, is getting to let loose at night with friends and readers, just enjoying the costume party and having fun, dancing and merry-making. I danced till my feet couldn't move any more and danced some more. I admired the very intricate costumes that fans had brought along (how did they stuff those gigantic wings into their suitcases?!). I had a blast with my male model friends, some of whom I've known for years. Most of all, I just prefer this to REALITY. I mean, who wouldn't want to be one of Heather Graham's wenches? Doesn't she look like Johnny Depp? ;-)

That's Beth Ciotta at Heather's right, btw. And isn't dancing with a handsome vampire sooooo much better than reality? Ahhhhhhh.... ;-)

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