Tuesday in Pittsburgh

Yep...the little girlie in the polyester 70s nightmare on Sandra Cox's blog was me. The blonde behind me is my Aunt Malita, who is by far the coolest aunt ever. She taught me all kinds of nifty things as a kid...how to read tarot cards, how to make a purse out of an old pair of blue jeans and she also let me help her make jewelry. She used to be a silversmith. I still have all of the pieces she made me.

I'm writing this from Pittsburgh. I'm in a hotel room with Brynn Paulin, Lacey Thorn and Cindy Spencer Pape. We drove down from from Michigan yesterday and even stopped at the Ellora's Cave offices in Ohio on the way through. They showed us the printing process and the giant snake (seriously - biggest damn snake I've ever seen.)

Today, Cindy will be headed to a different room and Carol Lynne will be joining us. And today I finally get to meet Kelly Kirch and Anny Cook - I'm soooooooooooo excited!!! Now Brynn and I are off to find Pittsburgh Pirates T-shirts for our kids.

I'm Late! I'm Late, for a very important date

...no time to say hello...goodbye...I'm late, I'm late I'm late! Trying to get ready for RT is making me feel like the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland. I have so freaking much to do and I'm rapidly running out of time to do it.

As a result, I'm going to schedule a blogging break. But while I'm gone, please check out Sandra Cox's blog. She's running a really fun guess the author contest.

Ever wondered what some of your favorite authors looked like when they were young? Now's your chance to find out. She'll be posting baby pics during the week of Amarinda Jones, Mona Risk, Anny Cook, Sandra Cox, Brynn Paulin, Kelly Kirch and myself. Stop by and see if you can figure out who's who. Leave a comment, and a way to reach you, and your name will be entered in a random drawing held each day for a free download. Some of the books being given away include: To Love a Hero, Everything Lovers Can, Tribute for the Goddess, Rose Quartz, Marriage Mart and more.

Go on - check it out! There's a whole lotta cuteness happening over there!

Meme Tag

Okay, I was tagged by the incomparable Brynn Paulin for this meme, and I asked my husband for help thinking of six random things about me and he said, "you...your moods...your thought processes..." Yeah. Thanks hon - so helpful. Anyway, without further ado...

Six Random Things About Me

1. I have a large collection of Fairy Tales - well over 150 volumes.

2. I used to make a living making wedding dresses and veils and bridesmaid dresses. I'd also charged a "Bitch Fee" to the super haggy clients.

3. I loathe most board games.

4. I have five piercings in each ear.

5. I'm scared of clowns...and ventriloquist dummies. They're just disturbing and wrong, wrong wrong!

6. I'm addicted to vanilla flavored lip balm.

Here are the people I've tagged:

a) Anny Cook
b) Lora Darling
c) Amarinda Jones
d) Sandra Cox
e) Molly Daniels
f) Jacqueline Roth

The Rules: Link to the person who tagged you. Post the rules on your blog. Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs. Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.