I know I’ve talked about the two new urban fantasy series I’m working on –one series is about a spy and the other’s about an assassin.

I had an idea for the second book in the assassin series, so I wrote 8,024 words this weekend, bringing my grand total (so far) up to 20,126. As a result of this flurry of writing, my right wrist is killing me the way it always does when I spend too much time at the computer.

Do you think any editors out there would pay for me to be implanted with some bionic wrists? Just a thought. I’d certainly love to be able to type 5,000 words an hour.

Na-na-na!

So here are my high (and low) points and things I learned at RT:

Total miles driven: About 1,100.

Total hours spent driving: About 18.

Best thing about Pittsburgh: Just about everything. Great weather, a gorgeous downtown area, and lots to see and do.

Worst thing about Pittsburgh: Some of the bridges only go one way. It’s confusing, especially if you’re from out of town.

Biggest fangirl moment: Getting to talk to Kim Harrison for a few minutes. I love her books, and she was very gracious in person.

Most awkward moment: Realizing practically everyone else at the Fairy Ball was in costume — but me.

Second most awkward moment: Asking people what they were standing in line for (the goody room). I can never tell and always have to ask.

My best author moment: Having people come up to me at the book fair and tell me how much they enjoyed the Bigtime books.

Funniest author moment: Jackie Kessler referring to her Hell on Earth series as the HOE books.

Best spot to hang out: The lobby outside the ballroom.

Worst spot to hang out: The Pub restaurant. It was way too small for the number of people at the event.

Cool authors I met: Jackie Kessler, Rachel Vincent, Mark Henry, Stephanie Hale, Ann Christopher, Robyn DeHart, Barry Eisler … and too many more to name.

Other cool people I met: Krista, a reader from Nashville that I met last year during an event; Susan Helene Gottfriend of the West of Mars book blog; Ann the librarian … and too many other people to name.

Things I will do different if I go next year: Get some sort of cape or nice dress for the costume balls. Bring more promo items besides bookmarks. Talk to more people.

Worst thing about RT: The hotel. Enough said.

Best thing about RT: Meeting so many people and all those wonderful free books.

Whew! So there you have it. More about RT than you ever wanted to know. I’ll give you guys a couple days to digest it all before I go back to more regular posting. In the meantine, happy reading! :ww:

So Saturday was all about the big book fair. I went down around 10:20 a.m., and there were already tons of authors inside setting up their tables. I went around and chatted with some folks like Jackie Kessler and Barry Eisler, and managed to say hi to Lora Leigh just before the doors opened.

Wow. It was chaos for a while after that. Tons of people coming in and heading straight for their favorite authors. Barry was quite popular, as was Kim Harrison and Mark Henry (those were some of the folks I could see from my spot). Mark told me he sold out of books by 11:15. Way to go Mark! (BTW, his book, Happy Hour of the Damned, is about a zombie. How cool is that? Got to add it to my TBR pile).

I did pretty good at the book fair, especially considering all the big names there. I sold 14 books out of 20 (mostly copies of Hot Mama). Lots of people came up to me and told me how much they enjoyed the Bigtime books, and I got lots of cards from librarians and booksellers. A couple folks also came up and had me sign their tote bags, which was really cool and flattering. (I’m so bringing my own tote bag for people to sign next year!) So my traffic was pretty steady throughout the fair, which is always good.

Things started calming down around 12:30 p.m., and I cut out of the book fair a little after 1 p.m., so Wheezley (the significant other) and I could drive back home. By the end of the day and our drive, I was exhausted, but it was a good kind of tired. :bubbles:

Up next: The final RT post.