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A Good Day at Goodreads!

As you know, I do all of my blogging here on Goodreads. I’ve been blogging here since 2016, sharing things about writing, books, personal things and talking about things I love. I love the ASK THE AUTHOR feature where readers can ask questions. One of the benefits to this feature is my ability to mark an answer as a “spoiler” so readers are warned ahead of time and won’t see the answer unless they click on it. I participate in the Kindle Notes & Highlights feature which is a way for me to discuss what readers found interesting in the book. All of these features invite communication and relationships which is exactly what I want with my readers.

I was contacted by a wonderful woman from Goodreads who asked if I’d like to participate in the Kindle Notes & Highlights program. I was told that the program helped interact with readers and I was on board with it!

I was invited by Goodreads to come to San Francisco to meet their staff and participate in an event with two other authors. As you know, I don’t travel very much anymore, but San Francisco is a drivable distance for me, so I said “yes”.

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I knew there would be a Q & A session and we’d be asked questions posed by Goodreads readers. My editor, Cindy and my publisher’s Deputy Director of marketing, Jin, flew in from New York to be there. My team came with me and I met the other two authors who’d be attending.

Everyone was so kind, inviting and fun! I felt like I left there with a group of new friends! The staff there was so welcoming I wished I could have met more of them.

The other two authors were Casey McQuiston and Jasmine Guillory. Casey wrote the novel Red, White and Royal Blue,which I read and loved! Casey is young, sweet, intelligent and full of energy. Plus, she’s a dog lover! She’s also a terrific writer. I’m looking forward to her next book.

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Jasmine Guillory is a fellow Californian and wrote The Wedding Party which was fun and who has an amazing hero I fell in love with! Jasmine has a sweet disposition that makes you like her immediately. I’m now totally hooked on her books. I look forward to the end of my workday when I can sit back and enjoy the circle of friends and what’s going on in their lives.

All three of us were put up on a platform in front of a live audience and interviewed by the amazing Mimi Chan of Goodreads.

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Questions like “Why is Malichai recuperating in San Diego when the team has homes in the bayou, and does this mean team 3 is keeping an eye on him?” sent in by Gail via the ASK THE AUTHOR program on Goodreads. There are other questions I was asked and those will be shared via ASK THE AUTHOR.

The attendees and staff had their own questions plus they included a “Speed-round” of questions and talked about how all three authors were “risk takers in romance”.

The day seemed to rush by, all of it filled with fun, laughter and thoughtful questions and answers. I feel like Jasmine, Casey and I all bonded and that the entire Goodreads staff are my new-found friends.

You can see some of the videos that were taped HERE

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