This was truly a total fan girl day for me. I volunteered to help out at the literacy signing and got my dream job: minion to Jayne Ann Krentz.
I know!
Not only is she a gifted writer, penning a plethora of bestsellers in three names Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Castle and Amanda Quick, but she is sincerely one of the nicest human beings I have ever met. For two hours she smiled, took pictures and chatted – not to mention signing over 50 books – and impressed the he** out of me with her natural graciousness. My favorite moment came when, almost at the tail end of the signing, three 20 somethings came up to her and actually screamed – squealed like pigs – her name. One of them had an antique fan that she assiduously fanned her excited self with. This was – in my mind -a true fan girl moment (x3!)
The room had over 480 authors plus about 2000 super fans. It was very warm and very loud, but also very wonderful.
I was luck enough to snag a few pix with some of my favorite authors.
Here’s me and the fabulous, funny, and very cute-as-a-button Jill Shalvis:
Here’s my NHRWA chapter president, the talented and multi-published ( and just plain nice!) Chrystine Butler:
The line for Nora Roberts went out the door and down the corridor, so I didn’t wait for a pix with her, especially since I have the one taken with her last year framed and sitting on my desk at home. Sigh!
Tomorrow we get to the meat of the conference: the workshops, Publishing House events, and the general meeting.
Whew! I’m tired, elated, ecstatic and… well, you get the picture. More tomorrow from the city that never sleeps.
Peggy Jaeger, Author 