My RWA conference started with the my Regency Chapter's mini conference.
The Chapter is called the Beau Monde and it is a
group of authors who write Regency Romances.
Each year, the day before the main conference, we get together to talk about research in our era and in the evening we dress up and learn to dance the way they did in Jane Austen's time. Umm ... well sort of. We have fun pretending anyway.
As you can see, some of us dress for the occasion. I didn't this year, because I was up for an award and had to attend another event at the same time the soiree got going. While I didn't win the Bookseller's best this time, it was a great honour to be nominated.
I attended a great many RWA workshops and learned a great deal about the business side of writing in this changing publishing world as well as catching up with old friends and making new ones.
This is me with my editor, Joanne Grant from Harlequin Mills and Boon, at the Beau Monde Soiree, and Michelle Willingham who also has Joanne as her editor. Michelle writes about Vikings as well as the Regency.
Always a big hit for Harlequin authors is the annual party where we celebrate our successful year with our publisher.
The goodies were amazing especially the design your own cupcake bar and we all got to make little flip books as a souvenir of our
evening. A sort of flicker film. Fun.
If you are wondering what that is hanging on the wall behind me, that is the wall of socks. Everyone got a pair of pink wooly socks so we could kick of our shoes and dance the night away.
Everyone gets up to dance, even Nora. And if you don't know who I mean, you are so not a Romance reader, vbg.
One of my favourite events is always the booksigning.
It was busy this year as I was giving out trading cards and albums and was thrilled to have so many readers of my books drop buy to say hello. I also signed at the Harlequin signing event.
Oh and now its back to the real world of trying to get my ideas on the page, so you can enjoy my stories.
Until next time, Happy Rambles
group of authors who write Regency Romances.Each year, the day before the main conference, we get together to talk about research in our era and in the evening we dress up and learn to dance the way they did in Jane Austen's time. Umm ... well sort of. We have fun pretending anyway.
As you can see, some of us dress for the occasion. I didn't this year, because I was up for an award and had to attend another event at the same time the soiree got going. While I didn't win the Bookseller's best this time, it was a great honour to be nominated.
I attended a great many RWA workshops and learned a great deal about the business side of writing in this changing publishing world as well as catching up with old friends and making new ones.This is me with my editor, Joanne Grant from Harlequin Mills and Boon, at the Beau Monde Soiree, and Michelle Willingham who also has Joanne as her editor. Michelle writes about Vikings as well as the Regency.
Always a big hit for Harlequin authors is the annual party where we celebrate our successful year with our publisher. The goodies were amazing especially the design your own cupcake bar and we all got to make little flip books as a souvenir of our
If you are wondering what that is hanging on the wall behind me, that is the wall of socks. Everyone got a pair of pink wooly socks so we could kick of our shoes and dance the night away.
Everyone gets up to dance, even Nora. And if you don't know who I mean, you are so not a Romance reader, vbg.One of my favourite events is always the booksigning.It was busy this year as I was giving out trading cards and albums and was thrilled to have so many readers of my books drop buy to say hello. I also signed at the Harlequin signing event.
Oh and now its back to the real world of trying to get my ideas on the page, so you can enjoy my stories.
Until next time, Happy Rambles