August 1

The Sisters are still on their convention “high”.  We have all sorts of plans and dreams we’ve started working on now that we’ve unpacked and gone back to work.  The laundry’s not done yet but who cares?  We’re going to be the next Stephen King! Exactly like him except not scary or fantasy or dystopian – well okay, maybe more like Julia Quinn.  There you go.  And here we go on our favorite authors from the convention.

1. Terri Brisbin. Ms. Brisbin was the poor sot who was forced to sit next to Amylynn at the RWA Literacy Signing. Keep in mind it was alphabetical so Brisbin/Bright – you can see the proximity. Still, Ms. Brisbin held her own against a pack of Sisters like a boss. Once we discovered she was from New Jersey, well, then it was a lock. Ava forgave her for being from South Jersey. We liked her. And she was funny.

2. Rose Lerner. Rose had no idea what she was getting herself into when she elected to take a seat with us at the Beau Monde ball. We’re sure she thought, “Oh, look a seat. I need a seat. These ladies in costume seem totally normal.” Rose mentioned that she wanted a little piggy. Things went downhill from there.  Ava roped her into agreeing to participate in our panda-napping scheme. We tried to convince her to get a cat. Her initial reaction was “Ew, cats are sneaky.” We disagreed and informed her they’re not sneaky, they’re stalkers, but that is what makes them fun. Every time we saw her at the convention, she never once ran away. She must have been very tired. Seriously, we love her and we’ve decided to keep her.

3. Collette Cameron. Collette has been lovely and generous and helpful and too many more adjectives to list here without running the risks of looking like a thesaurus. Up till now we’ve only known her on the internet. We got to meet her in person at the convention and it turns out she’s also beautiful and funny and friendly.

4. Marie Force. Marie’s success has become our inspiration. She has done fabulously well, but she’s still just like us. She told us about her daughter troubles and her very real fear that she’s not going to make it out of college without killing her. We totally understand because we don’t think ours will make it out of elementary school alive. We’ll all just have to think positive, won’t we.

5. Every other author at the conference. Honestly, that place is chock full of funny, brilliant, and amazing women. We can’t remember them all or list them by

The literacy signing!

name we met so many, but you couldn’t swing a saved cat without hitting one. We enjoyed each and every person we made friends especially the ones that didn’t run away from us.  Also, a shout out to all the ladies who rode the elevator with us. We appreciate you not staring as Ava pressed herself against the door in order to spring out the instant the door opened.