This Saturday I went down to Iselin, NJ where for the third year in a row I checked out the NJ Romance Writers' Put You Heart in a Book Conference. I met some lovely authors and took some great pictures.
My first stop was the Put Your Heart in a Book Conference 2010 Literacy Book Fair and Author Signing where a portion of all proceeds from the Book Fair will be donated to Literacy Volunteers of America, New Jersey. Typically 50-70 authors sign during this event from a wide variety of publishers such as Kensington, Harlequin, Penguin and some epublishers like Ellora's Cave among others.
Authors at conference
Colleen Gleason aka Joss Ware trying to get Mho drunk. Colleen has a new historical vampire series coming out in back to back release in April, May and June and was handing out the covers... aren't they steamy and hot?
The Vampire Voss (April) / The Vampire Marcise (May)/ The Vampire Dimitri aka girl with boobies and guy with strange eyes, as I like to call it (June)
Miranda Neville (Her latest book, The Dangerous Viscount has a great beta virgin hero!)/ Meredith Duran (Will have a new release out in the Spring)
Heidi Betts, had the best table at the signing and was signing her hybrid holiday novel anthology that is a Halloween, Christmas and Valentine's Day romance combine:
Vampires turn to fanged and fabulous matchmaker extraordinaire Angelina Ricci to help them find that special someone to curl up with under the mistletoe in this charming (read: sexy) and delightful (read: funny) holiday collection by national bestselling author Heidi Betts. Because vampires need love, too. (Biting optional. Hot sex guaranteed.)
Elizabeth Kerri Mahon (her book, Scandalous Women: The Lives and Loves of History's Most Notorious Women, coming March 2011) and Kwana Jackson/ Christie Kelly
Me, Kwana and Janet Gover
Colleen/ Joss enjoys her slice of red velvet cake that she shared with the entire table.
The next day I was invited to the booksellers luncheon...
Free table of swag!
Gift bag and table
Helen Kay Dimon giving love to Mho
Also 2 releases you may want to be aware of...
Simply From Scratch from Dutton Adult (A luminous, tender-hearted debut novel about a young widow, a nine-year-old girl, and a baking contest that will change both their lives.)
Synopsis: Zoë Sorensson is perfectly normal – well, as normal as a girl with an obsession with drawing dragons can be. The thing is that she’s always been told she’s special and destined for great things. It’s not just because of her good grades, either. Zoë’s the Wyvern, the one female dragon shapeshifter with special powers. But Zoë is at the bottom of the class when it comes to being Pyr and her powers are AWOL. Worse, there’s no reference book to consult and the last Wyvern is dead…
Not only did I get some awesome bags to take with me...
But some free books...
NJRW's conference was wonderful with so many friendly women that reminds me of RomCon this past summer. For a fun weekend that is relatively cheap conference wise, I recommend you come check out NJRW's con next year.
Next KB conference report will be Book Expo America 2011....
6 comments:
Aloha, Katie! The photos are fab - made me a little sad that I did not attend. I saw several familiar faces from my home chapter (WRW) but it would have been awesome to be meet Sherry Thomas and Jeanne Lin.
I attended the conference three years ago and enjoyed the "smaller conference" feel.
"Flying Blind" is definitely on my wish list for next year. Cooke's dragon shifters are a favorite of mine. :-)
I love your conference reports (and the photos) - thank you KB!
Colleen has a new historical vampire series...
Not linked to the Gardella series?
I do like the sound of Simply from Scratch - what can I say, I like romance novels with cooking :)
And...um...Mho seems to be very good at being in all the photos :) I'm guessing it's 'cause the authors are lining up to snuggle with him? *grin*
I always love the NJ Conference: large enough to be useful, small enough to be relaxing. I always have a good time. Thanks for the post and pickies. It was fun to meet you at the book fair.
Kim: Aloha! :) Hopefully you can come to the mainland soon and attend a few! RWA Nationals should be in Hawaii in the next few years... or so I would like.
Christina: Definitely on my wish list as well.
Orannia: Colleen's new vamp series is not linked to her Gardella series And Colleen is a so adorable and funny. We went into stitches with her red velvet cake.
Mho's a camera ho.
Miranda: It was wonderful to have met you also. I think I've become addicted to conferences.
Hey Kate! It was so much fun to spend time with you this past weekend at NJRWA! And that cake of Colleen's was awesome. It was more of a slab than a piece of cake.
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