Thursday and Friday

I was still in Reno on Thursday and Friday. Both days I did a lot of sitting around in the Hilton hotel lobby. On Thursday, I ran into Jill Shalvis, and we made plans to meet on Friday. Thursday afternoon, I went back to my hotel, took a nap, then started reading Passion by Lisa Valdez, which I enjoyed very much. I'll post a review in the next few days.

On Friday, I met Jill in the hotel bowling alley (see picture below). It was so great to talk to her. For one thing, I do much better in one-on-one conversations than I do in group situations. In addition, we were able to talk without the distractions of a signing. Well, she was distracted by the pile of books I brought for her to sign, but that's different. :)



After spending half an hour with Jill, I called Wendy and spent most of the afternoon with her (see picture below). We chatted about books, and I went with her to a publisher signing and got even more books.



During the signing, I ran into Suzanne McMinn, and she signed the books I brought with me. She teased me about not being able to count when she saw that I had six of her books instead of five. Then I told her that I found a sixth book at a local used bookstore. Between the books I brought with me, the books I got at the literacy signing, and the books from the publisher signing, I mailed two boxes of books home.

Next topic: Rendezvous in Reno.

Still to come: Reno used bookstore, author giveaways (be patient; I need to get my boxes so I can take pictures and do justice to this topic), meeting Jo Leigh, and coming home.