Thanks, Lori and Dianne!

Well, it's over for yet another year.

The Lori Foster and Dianne Castell Reader-and-Author Get-Together, which takes place the first weekend in June every year near Cincinnati.

The staff of the Marriott North hotel were wonderful -- as always!
Thanks so much for all you do for us every year, your efficiency and cheerful service and making things work so smoothly.
The food was great.
The baskets were overflowing. I think we set a new record -- over 180 raffle baskets to be won by 400 participants.

Here's the really great part:
The proceeds from the weekend go to a worthy cause every year. This year was One Way Farm and a local animal shelter -- along with the usual collection of goodies to send to our troops overseas, and funds to buy supplies for them.

Isn't that great?
I don't have the exact figures, but among all the activities, we raised around $7,000.

Thanks, Lori and Dianne, for a chance to get together and relax, talk and eat and get silly, drool over incredible baskets, sell our books, talk to our readers, and do something that will make a little bit of a difference in this world.

If you're in the Cincinnati area, consider attending next year.
And even if you're not in the area, consider coming anyway. We had people from across the country show up. Well worth it!

Check out Lori's site for the wrap-up for this year, and check for information on next year's activities.