Lori Foster Weekend Wrap-Up

First, I have to thank Lori Foster for hosting such a lovely event. The hotel was fantastic. The people were great. The event overall was lots of fun! Thank you, Lori!!!

Let’s see… here’s a little of what went on…

Friday, I drove to Ohio. I hit a little rain early on and the newly-installed windshield wipers decided to flip right off my car! Ack!!! I pulled off the road and after some searching, found an AutoZone with a sympathetic guy willing to sell me a new set of wipers and put them on for me so they wouldn’t fall off. So that added an unexpected hour on to my trip, but I still got there in time. I saw my friends, Eve Vaughn, Selina Illyria and finally met Celia Kyle! I also ran into a bunch of folks I had met last year at Lora Leigh’s event, so we did a bit of catching up.

Then Saturday it was a whirlwind of activity. I met Sara Reinke for the first time and talked with a bunch of readers, including the amazing Valerie Tibbs and Jambrea - who now has a new official theme song - remember “Jam on it”? Just substitue “Jam-bre-a” - Jam J-Jam Jam Jambrea!   I spent a lovely evening having drinks and sharing stories with an ecclectic group including, among others, Barbara Vey and Joyce Ann from the Beyond Her Book Blog on the Publishers Weekly site and Dianna Love.

Sunday was breakfast in the hotel with Pam F. and her good friend, Pat, who is an inspiration! We saw Jacki Frank in passing, as well as JC Wilder and a slew of other great folks. I got to chat with lots of Samhain folks all weekend including Sharon Long/Maya Banks, Carolan Ivey, Gia Dawn, and a bunch of others. (I really should have taken notes!) And did I mention - Joy was there? From Joyfully Reviewed, of course. She didn’t wear the bunny ears at this event, but we all knew she was there. Oh! And Ali was there with her newly shortened hair (at least it’s way shorter than I remember from RT in Houston).

All in all, it was a fun weekend with lots of great company. I signed a bunch of books and learned a lot. A great time was had by all! And now I’m still on my way home, checking in from a hotel. I’ll post again when I get home. In the meantime, thanks again to all who participated in a great weekend!