Reno

I'm back from Reno and the National Romance Writers Convention. The conference was a lot of fun. The hotel was wonderful - large, clean, and quiet rooms, great view (I was on the 20th floor.) The restaurants were numerous and good. They had a coffee place (which is a requirement for me at conference.) The Harlequin party was a blast (we stayed almost until the end), the Dorchester dinner was nice, I went to the forum for Harl/Silh authors and heard Randall Toye and Diane Moggy and all the other big wigs talk. The Dorchester dinner was very nice, almost all new authors. I didn't stay long - had to run to meet Lonnie's plane and then go to the Harl party. That was a blast - as usual. Good music, free drinks, and lots of dancing. I had a wonderful time.

I enjoyed seeing my editor Natashya Wilson - she's nice and cool and REAL - and we get along great. Same for my agent Lucienne Diver - we had such a nice chat over lunch, even if we did get teary eyed at moments. And I met Jessica Alvarez, who is editing my May 2006 book (a continuity called The Princess's Secret Scandal). She's charming and sweet and focused. The cocktail hour with Patience Smith, who heads up the Intimate Moments line, was fun as well.

The Rita ceremony was lovely, celebrating RWA's 25 years, though it ran over as usual. By the time Lonnie and I got to bed, it was 1:30 and we had to get up at 5:30 to catch our plane out at 7:50am.

So exhausted, I trudged back to the day job and closed out the month. Tomorrow I dive back into the writing job as well. I have page proofs to review on my December book, revisions to do on a proposal, and a book to start for Dorchester. Busy, busy, busy - that's me. And I like it that way! I even worked out tonight - treadmill, ab lounge, and swam. Gotta get those extra Reno pounds off somehow.

Until next time.