Chocolate Affaire and Judi McCoy’s talk
I blogged on my site (isabellaclayton.com) about my wonderful experience at the Chocolate Affaire event. Even though it was only held on Friday and Saturday (it’s usually 3 days) we still had a lot of readers come by and enjoy the workshops or buy our books. The best part is when Cerreta’s candy people came by and gave us chocolate covered strawberries and chocolate of every kind–Sinful :)).
Special thanks to CJ Hollanbach - a Romance model - who had a long line of women, girls and believe it or not men who wanted autographs, pictures and to touch his hair (amongst other things). He was a great sport and a truly nice guy.
I stayed at the Gas Light Inn in downtown Glendale. When you walk in the place it has an old 1920’s feel and architecture. Although the owners said the place was empty when they bought it, they’ve done a great job with the restoration. Every Friday and Saturday, they have jazz playing to a packed house. If I closed my eyes, I could envision an old speak easy with the mob at special tables, a back room and a singer’s voice touching each soul.
My room was decorated with Victorian lace and pictures of women in gardens with lots of flowers, the Amethyst room had a beautiful large 4 poster bed and chaise lounge all in dark amethyst fabric, other rooms had cozy country french designs. The long narrow wood stairway to the second floor (no elevator) leads past some more rooms and then to a terrace - great view.
On Tuesday, Judi McCoy came and spoke to the Valley of the Sun Romance Writers about re-inventing yourself. It was an awesome talk about her journey in the contemporary writing world. We all love what we write about and when it’s time to change it can be painful. She shared how she got started with her voice, the stories she loved to write and how it lead to her current project of the dog mysteries. Re-invention for some can also be exciting. Especially if you’ve been writing one genre for a long time and want to dabble in another. I wish Judi luck in her new writing and can’t wait for her book!!!!
Isabella
February 8th, 2008 at 4:36 am
I loved this post!!!!!! Thanks for the great links.
Brit