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 stories, which makes them pretty awesome to me. :bubbles:

The first day, Wednesday, after checking in, registering, and all that fun stuff, I was going down to the bar to meet some of the Fangs, Fur, and Fey folks (of which I’m a member). But I got to the bar and saw Justin Knupp of Stonecreek Media Inc. instead.

Justin is the creative genius who designed my Web site (and dozens of others for various authors). He was having dinner with Sharon Long aka Maya Banks, so I sat with them, and we talked about the convention and books and the publishing business for a couple of hours. We also waxed poetic about all the authors and books we enjoy. There was much love given to Jim Butcher and Patricia Briggs, among other fantasy folks. Good times.

BTW, Maya’s books sound really interesting — sexy Southern contemporaries. I’ll have to put her on my to-be-read list.

After that, it was getting late and I was tired, so I went upstairs to get ready for my Thursday presentation. Day One was in the books.

Up next: More RT stuff.