Last week I was in Columbus, OH, at the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention. It was tons of fun and I got to be a geeky fan-girl too. Here are the highlights:

Here’s Robyn DeHart and I with Jim Butcher!

Robyn (my fabulous critique partner) introduced me to Jim Butcher’s books a couple of years ago. He writers The Dresden Files mysteries, feature wizard/detective Harry Dresden. The Dresden Files are one of my all time favorite series (second only to Elizabeth Peters amazing Amelia Peabody books–it’s a close second, and that’s saying something). I was so excited to meet Mr. Butcher that I was a bit giddy. Mr. Butcher, if I acted like a total goofy ball, I apologize. If I ever meet you again, I’ll try to be more like a human. But I’m not making any promises. I reserve the right to be a silly fangirl.

Me and my critique partner Robyn DeHart

Me with the Elizabeth Vaughan, author of the fantastic Chronicles of the Warlands

With fellow ARWA chapter member and great writer, Sherry Thomas

With the witty Diana Holquist

With Celeste Bradley, whose books I just love

With YA author Shannon Delany, whose werewolf tale, 13 to Life, is out this June and I can't wait to read it!

With half of the writing team that writes Harlequin American as Daly Thompson

It was so great to meet so many authors that I love to read, but even cooler was meeting and seeing the fans. No, not only my fans, but just the fans in general. Here’s a shot of some Rachel Mead fans. She writes the Vampire Academy books. For part of the book signing, she was sitting two seats down from me, so I got to gawk at her fans. Here’s a group of teenage girls who all made matching T-shirts. Too cute! But not as cute as all the twenty-something hot guys who were lugging around their boxed sets of the Vampire Academy books. Very charming!

And here’s my favorite fan, teenage boy Kyle O. who made his own T-shirt. Can read it? It says: “Card Carrying Wizard of the White Council Needs Work” and then lists his skills. Yep, that’s a fellow Jim Butcher fan! Yep, that’s my guy!

Thanks RT for such a fantastic convention!

Tagged as: Celeste Bradley, Daly Thompson, Diana Holquist, Elizabeth Vaughan, Jim Butcher, Rachel Mead, Robyn DeHart, Romantic Times, RT, Shannon Delany, Sherry Thomas