50 Ways to Say Goodbye

Naughty in the South 2015 was great! Sure, there was some drama with the organizer, but none of it affected me. Being a midlister has its benefits. I just kept my head down and focused on my table.

Instead of trying to micromanage everything, I allowed God to take the lead during the trip. Roo and I arrived in Birmingham safely. We were assigned a room on the 14th floor, and Roo loved looking down at the hotel's Atrium restaurant.

On Friday, I skipped the Meet & Greet. Instead, I met the super cool Shyla Colt. We talked for over an hour, and I was thrilled to learn she's not only attending the Kentuckiana Authors Book Blitz in Sept. She's also going to the Outlaw Biker signing in 2016. That one should be phenomenal with Shyla, Laramie Briscoe, Jordan Marie, Sapphire Knight, Nicole James (who asked me to attend...eep!), and plenty more of the coolest MC romance authors.

Back to Birmingham, I was thrilled when a reader named Tiffany showed up. Having read Beast not long after it was published, she was one of my first "fangirls." Tiffany proved to be as great in person as online. I felt really blessed to see her there.

I had no idea how many books to bring to the signing, so I went with a handful of each of my 12 books (Wind's paperbacks weren't ready yet). I ended up selling all but two.

During the signing, I met Chelsea Camaron who worked on the Blue Colla box set. At the table next to mine was Tia Louise. She's also from the Indy area, so it was great meeting another Hoosier author. I'll see Chelsea again at the Louisville Authors Event and Tia at Sassy in Savannah in October.

I ended up skipping the after party. I wasn't feeling great and decided to hang with Roo instead. My little man was an amazing travel partner. He loves hotels and eating out. He even helped me set up my signing table. Roo made his mama proud.

Now that I'm back home, I need to prep for the Louisville Authors Event. I'm also editing Wounded Soul for my Dakota pen name. Yesterday, I started writing Thunderstruck for Bijou.

Well I had better get back to work if I want to make all my upcoming release dates. These books won't write (or edit) themselves.