Maya and I are working out the details for a weekend with Suz Brockmann to kick off her book tour. There'll be some workshops for writers of romance and signings and Q&A and such. We're lining up a couple of other authors for workshoppy things.

It's sort of like a mini-romance writer con.

I'll post the info as soon as everything is solid, but it'll definately be mid-January.

Let me know when you're ready to start promotion. I'm on a big list of Jennifer Crusie fans, many of whom are also Brockmann fans and writers. They'd be glad to know what you're up to.

Scary, Deb. My brother is allergic to bees like that. It was so frightening when he was little.

Allyson, this mini-con will be in California, L.A.? God, I wish I could come -- I love Suzanne Brockmann. She gave the luncheon keynote address at a conference a few years ago, and she's a fantastic speaker.

dcp, I thought the drabble was fine the first time around, but the revision is good, too.

It's either Orlando or Atlanta. We're just waiting for the proposals to come back from hotels. It'll be MLK weekend.

ETA: Oh, thanks Betsy. The last one we did was a bed and breakfasty type place in Texas, IIRC. We're planning for 100-125 attendees at this one.

It's either Orlando or Atlanta

East Coast venues! Hmmm. This may be a possibility.

That's cool, Allyson. Let me know if you need anything in Atlanta.

Allyson, ought to be a hell of a con. Once it's set, can I pass this on to Jenn (my agent)? She has a nice stable of romance writers she reps.

Deb, there's a nice review of The Real Minerva, your friend Mary Sharrat's book, in the new BookPage (which is usually free at local libraries). It sounds like a lovely book.

And I know this should probably go in Lit, but Deb doesn't hang out in there anymore.

Amy, I'll pass that on. Mary's doing a thing at Lafayette Books, and our friend Susan Ito is hosting a book party for Mary at her place in the East Bay on 4 October.

Oh, and I have the Bay Area booklaunch party at M is for Mystery all arranged, and will post in, what, press? Beep Me? one of 'em, anyway, as we get closer.

I want to do something back east, damn it.

And right now, I also want to work on vampire book, and can't until Nic takes me for a drive in the LA hills this weekend; I can't write them until I have the setting. And it's driving me fruit.

If it's a case of needing many things to make it worth your while, Deb, I'd arrange a book signing or a library gathering or an anything you want, pretty much, here in Cleveland. It's not quite east, but it's close.