Chicks-n-Scratching

Most of you know that I have recently made my first sale (ever!) to Carina Press. While this is exciting, it in no way puts me in the league of big, best selling romance writers (yet!).  So, I admit to feeling a little starstruck when I actually get to meet anyone who makes a decent living writing books.

This weekend, we attended the Tucson Festival of Books.  The festival is a weekend event that overruns a college campus with tents full of a geek girl’s dreams – publishers, authors and workshops galore! There are hundreds of authors over the festival’s two days that either speak, sign or offer free workshops. This is the first year I’ve been and it was AMAZING!

J.A. Jance was there, Vicki Lewis Thompson (squee!) was there, Julia Quinn (squee!) was there, among lots of others. Both Vicki Lewis Thompson and Julia Quinn taught free workshops – Vicki on writing comedy that sells and Julia on correct dialogue formatting. I took both of these workshops.

Both women were warm, funny, informative and yep, I was a little starstruck. Did you know that Vicki has written over a HUNDRED books? Wow. Just wow. And Julia Quinn is perky, adorable and swears in her workshops (after making sure it’s not being taped – lol!)

I had a blast even though I was too chicken to get either Vicki or Julia to sign any of my books, and apologies for not having pictures!

You can check out festival details here – http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/