Fangtastic Authors versus the Hotel of Death

Greetings, my loyal Minions! I can't tell you how much Auntie Heather missed you all, but I'm happy to pass on that not only is our Minion Horde growing by leaps and bounds after my recent trip to New York, but I've also managed to survive the Hotel of Death...in large part thanks to the brilliant, stunning, ever-talented (not to mention wicked--don't let her fool you, that woman has a demon in her. I know, her name is Jezebel.) Jackie Kessler. Jackie and I roomed together at the Hotel of Death. (Let's just say there was a bleeding shower and bizarre, unexplainable bruises going on...) She rocks. Go buy her books, because dude...you are totally going to wish you got in on her HELL ON EARTH series right away. It rawks muchly.

Jackie and I even had dinner with the completely adorable Michelle Rowen! And Michelle brought me an ARC. She's totally in the Horde now. Hmm. Wonder if she knows. Go buy her books too! (Geez, I'm a bossy Minion Overlord today, aren't I?)

I had dinner with the fabulous Michael Bourret, whom I'm pretty sure will be leaving agenting any day now in order to ascend to god status. We were also on a panel...and we rocked the house. So did Barb Ferrer and her agent, Caren Johnson--yay, us!

And, dope that I am, I was running extremely late and missed my meet-up with my amazing editor, Maureen Sullivan. *sobs* But...the rest of the conference was excellent. Lots of old friends, lots of new, plenty of questions about Vlad. And the dinner was fantastic!
(pic thanks to Becky Motew--left to right: Jackie Kessler, moi!, Georgie (omg..totally blanking on Georgie's last name!), Eileen Cruz Coleman, Terri Molina, EJ Knapp, and Shana Silver on the other side)

And...I met with Adele Griffin (author of the upcoming VAMPIRE ISLAND)! Something tells me Adele and I are going to be friends for a long time. But, more on our cool meeting later. For now, I just want to squish you all (in a good way) and let you in on a cool new detail.

WE HAVE NEW BLING! It's awesome, has the smiley that's featured on Vlad's sweatshirt. You want some? Drop me a line! (see the sidebar for contact info)

For now, Auntie Heather is in recovery (and Vlad is demanding my time). But once I'm sane again, I'll catch you all up even more.