RWA / San Francisco

I am nearly packed and will be in San Francisco for the week at the RWA conference. This is going to be an awesome week, and I know I'm going to see a lot of familiar faces.

(I'm also one of those people who will look straight at someone I know and if I see them out of context, I will not recognize them. I've even done this to my husband.. er... after we'd been married eight years. So all the faces are going to be a challenge, and I'm just telling everyone ahead of time, I am totally cheating and reading the name tags first.)

I hope to take photos and get 'em up next week. I would say I will get them posted here next week, but you all know that would be a total lie.

y'all take care,

-toni

gun expert...

Gun expert Nancie Hays answers questions over on Murderati today (and on The Lipstick Chronicles yesterday). Both blogs are chock full of helpful Q & A's for writers. Check it out!

Contest winners...

(The winner of WILL SHE FREAKING EVER ANNOUNCE ANYTHING contest would be me, because clearly, I am waaaaaaaaay behind. But below... winners of various contests.)

For the photo contest (which was a very cool one with a lot of prizes, including a $50 B*N gift certificate and signed books and other stuff), here are the three winners (in order, first, second, third) and their terrific photos! Yay!

Lori C****** and her daughters! Pictured is Elodie and oldest daughter, Kaylee is the photographer! Great job, Kaylee!

Second place was Beatrice C*** -- who took the shot at the bookstore (after intrepid researching to find them):




Third place was Mia M****n:




The photos were all TERRIFIC and I loved seeing where everyone took them. Next time, I will make that contest easier. And the prizes should all be mailed out by the end of the week. Thank you for participating!

On to other contest winners:

Dakota Cassidy's winner has been announced on her site: Gina G**** -- YAY Gina. You will get a signed copy of book #1 and the $15 gift certificate to B&N as well as a couple of goodies.

Fresh Fiction winner: Shelly C****n -- congrats to Shelly for winning a signed copy of the book *and* a Bobbie Faye survival basket. (address received, Shelly, thanks!)

CJ Lyons contest winner: Jeanne P -- should have received a notification tonight.

AuthorBuzz Winners -- have now all been notified by email -- and they include the following (I am not writing last names here for privacy issues, but you should have an email from me in your in-box as of 7/7/08):

Jackie La*****
Kay M*******
Sydney P****
Melody C********
Carol M****

AND LOOK: ANOTHER CONTEST UNDERWAY: A Christmas in July... a bunch of Bobbie Faye stuff: go here

I think that might have gotten me caught up on the pending contests, but if you know of one I've missed, let me know. (It is entirely possible.)