Hyatt Regency Downtown Dallas RT Booklovers Convention 2015

Author, writing-contest-hostess-extraordinaire, & friend, Brenda Drake

Giving my first autograph at RT to author Vicki Leigh

Repping nerds at RT with my Nerd Machine tee!

Sporting my new Le Motto tee at RT – Positivity, yo!

At the Entangled Publishing Candy & Spoons event

When I met YA author Kiera Cass!

Hanging with YA author and editor Kate Brauning

These Cali girls are amazeballz! Fans turned frenz – it’s like I’ve known them my whole life (which isn’t possible because they’re all younger than me). We went to dinner, Allie gave me Star Wars Jell-o molds, they treated me to my first Sprinkles cupcakes at a CUPCAKE ATM, for Asgard’s sake, & they acted as my groupies during a panel discussion! I ❤ them so hard.

Signing ANOMALY at the giant book fair in YA alley!

Getting to hang with Michelle Krys, YA author of Hexed & Charmed, during the gigantic signing was a blast! She as sweet as she is beautiful!

I had the honor of sitting next to Justine Larbalestier, talented YA author with a lovely Australian accent and maker-upper of fun drinking (water) games while sitting for over 3 hours!

Me reading on a panel of YA authors helping readers find “new” books and authors. (Sat next to the ever kind and funny Rachel Harris!)