What’s that, you ask? I’m referring to the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention, recently held in Chicago. Imagine a thousand readers, authors, reviewers, bloggers, librarians, booksellers, agents, and editors–all converging to celebrate what we love most: books!
What made this convention really special was the fact that I attended as a published author. <big, cheesy grin> And since one of my publishers, Sourcebooks, is headquartered in Chicago, they had a stellar presence at the convention. They even put together an office tour for their authors and hosted an author/librarian/bookseller cocktail party, where I got to meet some of the awesome folks who’ll be selling my books!
I didn’t take nearly enough photos, but here are a few highlights:
At the Sourcebooks office tour, holding my very own poster!
With Sourcebooks Founder & President, Dominique Raccah
With my amazing editor, Leah Hultenschmidt, at the Sourcebooks cocktail hour.
This cover isn't final, but it's still SO exciting to see it displayed!
With Lindsay (of Cupboard Maker Books), who took my autographed poster to display in her bookstore!
With romance author (and icon) Susan Elizabeth Phillips!
In which I try my hand as a cover model. Sexy, no?
What would Macy do if she met a cover model? Challenge him to an arm-wrestling match, of course!
VICTORY IS MINE! (A big thanks to Charles Paz of Fifth Elements Studios for being such a great sport!)
See? Doesn’t that look like a blast? So what if I didn’t sleep more than three consecutive hours all week? As one of my characters says in Sultry with a Twist–which is now available for pre-order…just sayin’– “I’ll have plenty of time to sleep when I’m dead.”
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Oh, how fun. You look like you had a wonderful time and you looked good doing it
I’m so proud of you, Macy! – B
Thanks so much, Bella! I hope to see YOU there next time.
It looks like you had a great time! How wonderful that you got to meet so many authors and others in the business. And I’ll bet it was pure torture to hang out with the cover models. Oh yeah, torture…
Oh, yeah. All these romance conventions are crawling with male cover models. It’s simply torturous.
Ohmigosh! That looks soooo fun! Glad you had a good time, and IMO you make a lovely cover model!
Hahaha! Did you like my closed-eyed smoochy face?
Looks like you had a blast. I think I need to put RT on the calendar for next year.
Yes! You must! Hope to see you there.
I’m SO excited for you! Look at you holding up your cover! Did I mention that I was excited?
Thanks, Tameka! I love all this NBC Writer support!
You make it look like great fun, my friend. But I must ask…where are the photos of us drinking room-wine, eating chocolate and watching The Big Bang Theory?
Haha! You make an excellent point! Room wine and fancy rice crackers were half the fun. Not Glee, though.
EEEE! How fun! I can’t wait to see that cover all up close and personal. (Which reminds me, I finally pre-ordered my copy earlier today!
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Yay! Thanks, Jess! That reminds me, I need to figure out the logistics of my pre-order reward program.
Looks like you had a lot of fun!