Didn't do much in the way of writing, but lots of nice things happened! :)
First was my first post RWA lunch out with my buddy
Saskia... and as always, it was totally brill!
[this is her at the Passionate Ink Party, but she looks just as stylish in Cafe Revive!]
We had a good long natter and enjoyed the opportunity to review and reflect on our experiences in San Francisco. The highlights, the tougher aspects such as jet lag, the people we met, and the value we think we got out of the trip. We both concluded that we got lots of the latter! We also compared notes on the projects we have ahead and how we're going to approach them...
When I parted from Saskia, promising we'd get together again soon, I moseyed on down to the local Waterstones and found 2 copies of
Gothic Blue in stock. Now, in San Francisco, bolstered by Saskia urging me on, I'd signed some books in a Borders there, but I wasn't quite sure I could do the signing thing alone in a local shop. I circled the store two or three times, buying an AA mini guide to Washington in the process, but eventually, I plucked up courage to ask the man on the desk if he wanted me to sign my books. I'm glad to say he was really pleased and delighted, and I managed to adorn each copy with a fairly reasonable PDC autograph... and slip in a promotional postcard plugging
IN TOO DEEP [which is out in the UK on 4th Sept, eeek agh!]
Speaking of
IN TOO DEEP, some author copies of the same arrived yesterday too.
I must admit it looks absolutely fabboo 'in the flesh' and even more deliciously pink! Which pleases me no end, as pink is my favourite 'accent' colour. :)
I also received another foreign edition. A German version of
THE DEVIL INSIDE.
The German title translates as "I see what you need"... which actually makes quite a lot of sense in respect of the plot! The eagle-eyed amongst you might notice an 'extra' piece of lace above the girl's right wrist... Although this is a fairly tasteful cover compared to some of my continental editions, there was a nip on show, and as I don't want to get want to get a government health warning on my blog for rude pictures, I thought I'd better be cautious and hide it. ;)
Oh, and to round off a pretty splendid day, in the evening I had a jolly good online chat with my other RWA travelling companion,
Madelynne. This was another chinwag about writing projects and general juicy gossip... and the Z word was not uttered even once. ;)
This morning I was searching the net for some old Portia pix, and to my surprise, I happened on the lovely cover above, one I'd never seen before and had no knowledge of... Wasn't sure what it was at first, but seeing the Spicy logo in the bottom right corner, it dawned on me that it's my first ever Harlequin story IN PRINT!
