Forecast today is for wind chills of -10 to -40. I will not be leaving my house….maybe all week.
The book signing yesterday was a success, in that we had a good time, there was a lot of mall traffic and we sold a few books. It was looking a bit sad in the beginning for my sales–people seemed a bit intimidated by my cover (which I love), but then a few paranormal readers showed and I left without feeling like a total failure.
Lunch was also a success. In attendance were Kathy Steffen (Medallion), Christine Merrill (Harlequin), Kathryn Albright (Harlequin), Jenna Reynolds (now author with Ellora’s Cave) and me. In case you wonder what a group of published authors talk about here’s what we covered:
- Who had what deadlines or new sales.
- The craziness that is the Internet and how often we DON’T reply on loops, because no one really needs to hear our opinions–and we don’t need the backlash that can come from the most innocuous of comments.
- Who is going to what conferences, specifically: RT, RWA National, and WisRWA’s annual conference. (As it stands right now, I’m not going to any of those, but am wavering some on the WisRWA one.)
- How many of our groups (loops, friends, RWA chapters, etc.) seem to have hit some kind of critical mass and are going through a shake up (not necessarily for good or bad, just like people are antsy).
- The piracy chatter that is everywhere on the Internet at this moment and our views on that (in case it needs stating, we are not for it–the piracy I mean).
That’s about it for our talk, probably the exact same conversation any group of writers might have.
So, that’s it. It’s cold and yesterday was fun. Aren’t you glad you took five minutes to read this post? 
Oh, I also woke up at 4 a.m. and realized I have a deadline for a proposal in three weeks and I really need to get serious about it.
And later I will post a pic from the signing. I would do it now, but it would mean journeying into our cold basement and I’d much rather sit here nice and warm with my space heater blowing on me.
Stay warm!!
