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Laughs, Tears and a Mini VibratorApril 27, 2008
At the breakfast gathering, Christie Ridgway took us through her journey to become a published author. This fast talking dynamo barely took a breath as she had the crowd laughing along with her. I met Debbie Macomber a few years ago on the Author's at Sea cruise and then again at a booksigning here in Milwaukee, so I knew how she could entrance a crowd. Saturday morning was no different. As I took my seat, I saw Debbie moving up and down the aisles, shaking hands and greeting adoring fans. If she were running for office, she'd win by a landslide.
Debbie talked about following trends in the quest to get published, citing England, TV, movies, catalogs, magazines, news, the internet and even video games as virtual fonts of inspiration. I snagged a front table at lunch to hear Eloisa James's story that had me blinking back tears. It turns out that Midnight Pleasures was written during her pregnancy while she lived with the fear of a premature labor, so she poured her anxiety into her book where her heroine lost the baby at 5 months. Real life followed the same path and while Eloisa's baby was stillborn at 5 months, she was revived and is now a thriving 9 year old. Just like a romance writer to give us a happily ever after.
To the delight of local Eloisa fans, she had a party in her suite and offered prizes, drinks and delicious desserts homemade by her assistant, Kim. Introductions were a blast with people introducing themselves as "Island girl" and "Irish eyes" their online personas. Debbie was the dinner speaker and her success in the face of dyslexia was inspiration to all. My favorite story was of her adventure in Alaska to research a book. She had to take a prop plane which did mail runs to a remote area and because of fuel issues, they had to
The silent auction was a huge success with everything from critiques (extremely popular) to autographed book by Janet Evanovich to baskets of goodies (favorite was donated by author Jennifer Stevenson, a chest filled with dvds, mini vibrator with extra batteries, dice game for partners, silken ties
To finish off the conference was live music and a packed dance floor. Bottom Line: I'm still with Debbie and will stick to my Driver's License weight...no matter what.
Lots more Drive by Videos coming up probably later today, so stay tuned. Posted by Barbara Vey on April 27, 2008 | Comments (26)
April 27, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Ann Macela commented: Hi, Barb. I hope you made it home okay through the constructions. What fun Spring Fling was! And I'm happy to see that I didn't make too big a fool of myself on the video. Get some rest now. The next conference will be here before you know it.
April 27, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator June Sproat commented: Hi, Barb. Spring Fling was such a blast! Thanks so much for including me in your blog. It was a great time and such a pleasure to meet you.
April 27, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator mary s commented: Oh Barb--you are so lucky--to get an autographed book from Janet Evanovich!! The Debbie Macomber Alaska flight story was so funny!!
April 27, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Nancy J. Parra commented: Hi Barb!
April 27, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Nancy J. Parra commented: Hi Barb!
April 27, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Candy commented: Barb,
April 27, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Blythe Gifford commented: You and your camera were everywhere! Lots of fun snippets. I'm just grateful you weren't shooting video once the band started and we got out on the dance floor.
April 27, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Blythe Gifford commented: You and your camera were everywhere! Lots of fun snippets. I'm just grateful you weren't shooting video once the band started and we got out on the dance floor.
April 27, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Jenna Petersen commented: Hello Darling THE Barbara Vey! How I adored meeting you this weekend and having lunch with you, Tessa and Victoria on Friday. You rock and expect emails and ARCs to be arriving soon. Can't wait to see you again at RWA, drinks are on me!
April 27, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Morgan Mandel commented: Hi Barbara,
April 27, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Morgan Mandel commented: Hi Barbara,
April 27, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Kim commented: OMG, is that, really can it be, THE Barbara Vey?!?!? *squeal*
April 28, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Liz commented: I read the book that Debbie wrote following that Alaska trip. The story was hilarious -- but how gross to have your weight on drivers licence!
April 28, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Liz commented: I read the book that Debbie wrote following that Alaska trip. The story was hilarious -- but how gross to have your weight on drivers licence!
April 28, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Juli Schuitema commented: Hi Barbara! It was great meeting you at Spring Fling. Your drive-by video first thing in the morning helped me so much and set the tone for the rest of the day - fun and exciting. Thank you. Juli Schuitema
April 28, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Marcia James commented: Hi, Barbara! It was wonderful to meet you, and I loved being part of one of your drive-by videos with Connie Cox! Thanks for being such a great romance roving reporter!
April 28, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Liza commented: Thanks for sharing all your travels with us! Love the driver license story. So glad that TN doesn't require weights to be listed anymore.
April 28, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Eloisa James commented: Hi Barbara!
April 28, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Jennifer Stevenson commented: Hey, Barbara--thanks for doing the drive-by videos, those are a hoot!
April 28, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Lori commented: Hi Barbara! I got to sit at your table for dinner saturday night and you were a blast!
April 28, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Lori commented: Hi Barbara! I got to sit at your table for dinner saturday night and you were a blast!
April 28, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Sarah M. Anderson commented: Hello Barbara! It was great to make your aquaintance, even if you did whip out a camera before I quite realized what was going on! Thanks again!
April 29, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Kristina Riggle commented: It was wonderful to meet you, Barbara! I can't believe I'm only just discovering your blog, but you're now on my Google homepage.
April 30, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Kay Stockham commented: Hi Barbara! It was soo good to meet you in Chicago! The videos were fun but nerve-wracking. Hopefully ours will turn out without us (ie, me <G>) looking too idiotic. LOL It was so nice talking with you. Have a great week!
May 4, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Sara Daniel commented: Barbara, join us again for Spring Fling 2010. You were a great hit. . . and so was that mini vibrator.
May 4, 2008
In response to: Laughs, Tears and a Mini Vibrator Sara Daniel commented: Barbara, join us again for Spring Fling 2010. You were a great hit. . . and so was that mini vibrator.
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