I know I’ve talked about the two new urban fantasy series I’m working on –one series is about a spy and the other’s about an assassin. I had an idea for the second book in the assassin series, so I wrote 8,024 words this weekend, bringing my grand total (so far) up to 20,126. As a result of this flurry →

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So here are my high (and low) points and things I learned at RT: Total miles driven: About 1,100. Total hours spent driving: About 18. Best thing about Pittsburgh: Just about everything. Great weather, a gorgeous downtown area, and lots to see and do. Worst thing about Pittsburgh: Some of the bridges only go one way. It’s confusing, especially if you’re →

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So Saturday was all about the big book fair. I went down around 10:20 a.m., and there were already tons of authors inside setting up their tables. I went around and chatted with some folks like Jackie Kessler and Barry Eisler, and managed to say hi to Lora Leigh just before the doors opened. Wow. It was chaos for a while →

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I had the most fun at RT on Friday. My presentation was over, and I could just relax. It always takes me a couple of days to get into the swing of thing at conferences, and I hit my stride on Friday. I started off the day by going to two urban fantasy panels and listening to folks like Kim Harrison, Jackie →

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After exploring Pittsburgh on Thursday afternoon, Wheezley decided to nap, so I went to the annual Fairy Ball. I’d heard a lot of folks liked to dress up for the evening events at RT, but frankly, I don’t have any costumes and it was one less thing I had to worry about packing. So I went downstairs in my pink sweater →

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