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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After I did my workshop Thursday morning, Wheezley (the siginificant other) and I decided to get out and see Pittsburgh. Our first stop was lunch at Grille 36, the restaurant owned by former Steelers running back Jerome Bettis. Wheezley is a big Steelers fan, so this was a must-stop for us. The weather was so nice, we decided to sit →

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All right. Let’s talk about the fun stuff — the convention itself. I’ve been to the annual RWA conference a couple times now, but this was my first RT. Everybody says the two events are completely different. They’re right. RWA is definitely more business-oriented than RT, which is more about fans and fun. But at their core, both events celebrate books, readers, authors, and great →

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