Monthly Archives: July 2010

Jul
31

W00t

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I won 3rd prize in the SteamPunk Costume party at the Gathering last night. (Which was a screaming hoot, btw – best Gathering I’ve ever been to – everything just came together so, so wonderfully.) The bad news? I forgot my damn camera. However – there were about 100 people there and tons of them were taking pictures, so I’m doing my best now to round up the people I know were there to get some pics. Sorry! 🙁 Also – had a wonderful time hanging out at Downtown Disney yesterday with Carrie and Renee (fellow DG fan girls!) – it was brilliant to finally meet them face to face. 🙂… Read more
Jul
29

What’s in a Name?

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I bought a few pity books at the Literacy Signing yesterday, mostly from writers I’d never heard of and a few in genres I never read. I’m not entirely sure why. I’ve been in a heady sort of limbo the last few days. With my PAN status I’ve been elevated to one of the coveted slots, being identified as a published author…but without an actual book to pimp. And it’s a weird thing to be around so many people, where they look at your face and then half a second later their eyes drop to your badge – like an instantaneous judgement – are you PAN? PRO? neither? an industry professional? Are you *someone*? And you can see the dismissal as people evaluate and move on. On the other hand, I’ve had perfectly lovely conversations with strangers in the hallway or at the luncheons, where once you get past the… Read more
Jul
28

A Room with a View

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Or maybe not so much. When I arrived at the hotel yesterday afternoon, I had the interesting surprise of getting up to my room to find the door open and the previous occupants leaving. The previous having checked in only a few minutes before me. The couple gave me this harried look and mumbled something about just getting out of my way. The nice hotel employee assured me the room was clean. “Okay. Then what’s wrong with it?” He shrugged. “The view.” Which is to say, there isn’t really much of one at all – unless you consider a set of locked sliding doors that open into a small cement cell much of a view. Personally, I don’t really care since most of what I do in a hotel room is sleep, but I sent Jeffe a text to let her know the view was on the shitty side.  When… Read more
Jul
27

Jane Austen’s Fight Club

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You know. Just in case you *weren’t* one of the 5 million people to already see it on Twitter or Facebook this week…… Read more
Jul
27

Outta Here!

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Alrighty peeps! I am on my way to Orlando for RWA 2010! (Well, actually I’m still in the middle of packing, but near enough, right?) So, my point is that my posts may be slightly scarce for the next few days. They also might not be – really sort of depends on how much updating I feel like and how many incriminating pictures there are. You know. When I invade the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and make out off with Jack Sparrow. *cough* Just sayin’.… Read more