This is thanks to my agent, who is so friendly and lovable that everyone just wants to hang out with her. I had a lunch with the president & vp of Harlequin. We had an impromptu home tour of Katherine Neville’s incredible vintage apartment, which was unforgettable. You can get escargots and a grilled cheese sandwich, anything you want. It’s a 1920s luxury residence, and the restaurant used to be the dining room for the residents. Publicist was clever at matching the bracelets with people’s outfits.įamiliar faces–Some of my favorite people–Kathy Carmichael! Shirley Hailstock, Heather Graham & her husband, Carla Neggers, Christina Skye, Sandra Kitt, MJ Rose, Susan Grant, Gayle Wilson, Jill Limber, Hope Tarr, Linda Seger, Alfie Thompson, Bruce Wilder, Nora Roberts…all people I love and never get to see. Dinner at the Westchester at Grove Park. I gave away ARCs of SUMMER AT WILLOW LAKE with friendship bracelets (summer camp theme) to hundreds of appreciative librarians and booksellers. Attendees are all so earnest and supportive–gives you hope for the book industry. Note: who knew people coveted friendship bracelets? I ran out quickly. Giving away books is the ONLY way to have a booksigning. I had a booth signing and a chute signing. “Embassy Row” - a neighborhood - is one of the most beautiful places on the planet. I saw a motorcade of a dozen black SUVs, Mary Cheney & Newt at the show and that was the extent of politics for me. You can be walking down the street, and suddenly they’ll close it and make you go somewhere else. Impeach Bush logos everywhere you look (including in the Washington Post). There were barricades, security & political protests everywhere.
Stayed at the Mayflower where, 22 years ago, I got pregnant, so Jay was not allowed to come this time. I hadn’t been to DC since I was the national speaker for RWA in 2000, and the whole atmosphere is different, thanks to 9/11. But this is a post about BEA 2006:īEA (Book Expo, held this year in Washington DC) was fabulous–three days of frenetic conventioneering. Maybe there’s a reason for that, who knows.
I put it up on another blog site where it languished in unread obscurity. Here is an entry I wrote about the book show last year. I am chained to the computer, working on the Book That Will Not End.
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