Saturday With My Friends... and books... and chocolate!)

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I can't think of a better way to pass a Saturday than among friends, at one of my favorite bookstores, laughing, chatting, and talking books. The crowd that showed up to Books and Wonder yesterday to see me and six of my for-real friends (Jess Rothenberg - The Catastrophic History of You and Me, Courtney Sheinmel - All the Things You Are, Rebecca Serle - When You Were Mine, Kate Ellison - The Butterfly Clues, Elizabeth Miles - Fury, Lauren Morrill - Meant to Be, Lenore Appelhans - Level 2) discuss books, both past and upcoming, was both engaged and engaging, and our moderator, the lovely owner of the bookstore, Peter, stimulated a lively discussion about everything from e-readers to drafting to categorizing books.


It was a particular joy for me to be sitting at a table with some of the most talented, generous, and mutually supportive women I've ever met, and to know that I am dedicating my life to the industry that first bonded us.

The panel concluded with a lively signing, an awesome raffle of some of fall's hottest galleys, and, more importantly, CHOCOLATE!

Thanks to everyone who came out. You rock my world. And for the rest of you...I better see you next time!!