wow.
Me.
After years of having the privilege of submitting names for various mystery award nominations, I have a short story that's eligible.
This is a first. A very fun first.
It feels very odd, but kind of delightfully odd, to be able to say to you, if you read and enjoyed "Voodoo at the Jitterbug," I would appreciate your consideration.
From the Bouchercon 2017 webpage: "If you were registered for Bouchercon in New Orleans and/or are signed up for Toronto this year, your Anthony Award nomination ballot will be arriving in your email box on Tuesday, February 28.
The nomination form will be coming from SurveyMonkey. If you don't see it in your inbox, please check your spam/junk folder. If it's not there by Wednesday, March 1, please message us.
Anthony Award nomination forms are due back by April 30. As soon as all nominations are tabulated, the 2017 Anthony Award Nominees will be announced."
AND - the anthology, Blood on the Bayou, 2016 Bouchercon Anthology, edited by Greg Herren, is also eligible for nomination.
Thanks, everyone!!
This is Bouchercon 2016, Part 4
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Click here for Part 2
Click here for Part 3
Saturday - Good Morning, New Orleans!
Off exploring, looking to see who we could see
My friends David and Lesa are the dearest.
They went to the bookroom with me where I finally got to see and put my hands on Blood on the Bayou.
I told you before, I am not even going to pretend to be "cool" about this.
Pffffft.
I am over the moon about this.
And David and Lesa indulged me in that total lack of cool.
Serendipity
Don't we love serendipity?
There was a lot of it floating around in New Orleans this past week.
It was in good supply in the book room on Saturday, as David bumped into a couple of his favorite authors.
And, ME TOO!!!
And -
Lesa, too!
After some play (and shopping!) time in the book room, I got to spend a little bit of quiet time in the bar (which substituted as our den/our lounge/our reading room/our prop your tired ol' feet up and rest room) with Dru Ann.
And then got to spend some much needed, and much enjoyed quiet time with my friend Maddee (although I'm not sure how I left here with no pictures of her sweet face!)
and the amazing Harley Jane Kozack
Then -
on to the Blood on the Bayou anthology signing.
So much fun!
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| photo by Shirley Wetzel |
Then dinner with some of my chicks (it was hard keeping my chicks all gathered together!)
But worth all the work, because we laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed.
And we ate well
And then - time for the auction
And we laughed more
This was such a highlight!!
I really wanted this wig!
Chris Grabenstein is hysterical
Helen and Sarah look to be taking this verrrry seriously!
And . . . .
Back to the bar!
Where we laughed
and laughed
and laughed
and laughed some more
Nite, Nite,
New Orleans
