Winter '09
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Book Expo America in New York City at the end of May 2009.
Dianna and Mary Buckham sold out of Break Into Fiction® books after teaching two programs for the Writers Digest Conference. |
| Dianna and Mary Buckham with Marianna Mancusi who did the fabulous on-the-spot interview with us about Break Into Fiction®. |
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Mary Buckham, Debbie Schneider (King County Library System and Librarian of the Year) and Barbara Vey (Publisher Weekly – Beyond Her Book Blog) |
Lori Foster and Dianne Castell’s 2009 READER AND AUTHOR GET TOGETHER was a huge success. Great weekend hanging out and sharing good reads.
| Dianna and Sherrilyn Kenyon wearing “I’m in a BAD mood” T-shirts on their “covert” BAD (Bureau of American Defense) Agency tour with WHISPERED LIES in June 2009. |
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We celebrated RWA 2009 in Washington DC this year and had a super time meeting hundreds of readers during the literacy signing and just as many new writers ready to publish books for avid readers.
Thrillerfest 2009 – Dianna’s first time at this outstanding conference. She spoke on a panel with several other writers about collaborating.
Dianna and Mary Buckham taught FROM THOUGHT TO PLOT at a retreat for the Sacramento Romance Writers…these were uninvited, but welcome attendees.
2009 Moonlight & Magnolias – Dianna was the Welcome Speaker and Sherrilyn Kenyon keynoted. What a wonderful conference and fun weekend. This was quite an honor as Georgia Romance Writers is Dianna’s home chapter.
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Barbara Vey and Dianna received an armload of beautiful gifts from the Petit Fours and Hot Tamales blog group. |
| Dianna and Mary Buckham hamming it up with Petit Fours and Hot Tamales blog group. |
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Dianna and hubby Karl get a chance to
enjoy the Maggie party festivities. |
| 150+ at Dianna and Mary Buckham’s special Sunday morning POWER UP YOUR PROPOSAL program. |
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We had a great time at KCon (Kenyon Convention) in New Orleans. Here’s a picture of Elio (Bartender at a local establishment in the French Quarter) suffered through the attention of a few hundred women from KCon once word got around that he was the Martini Master. He even created a special martini now named after Dianna – “The Love Bomb.” |
Dianna’s NEW BABY – 2010 BMW FS 650 GS – a dual sport motorcycle.  |
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Barbara Vey (her birthday!), Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna and Kim Daniels (Sherri’s new assistant and terrific YA author) eating in New Orleans. |
| I’m sure you’ve seen a bunch of pics all over Sherrilyn’s site and other places, but this is one of me and Kendall Matthews (her husband is Erin, one of Sherri’s wonderful staff). |
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There are MORE photos you’ll see at the next update.
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