RAGT Update

Hello, everyone! Last weekend I attended the Annual Reader & Author Get Together. I have attended that convention every year since 2011, except for 2020 and 2021. So this was the first time in a few years. I had a blast. It was so good seeing people.

Some highlights for me was the raffles. All the money raised went to Cancer Free Kids. In less than 30 hours the raffles won a total of $44,086!!! Isn’t that awesome? I made the T-shirt quilt to raffle off and that was won by one of the hardworking volunteers. And I won a basket too! A coffee lover’s basket. See? One of my favorite things in the basket was the cup. There were several books and you will see some of those in an upcoming newsletter giveaway.

Another thing I enjoyed was the book signing. Being a shy introvert, I am always nervous about signings. But at Lori Foster’s con it is pretty easy because everyone is so nice. And it helped that I had a team of helpers to carry my books and swag, fetch me water, help me with making change and putting ‘signed by the author’ stickers on the books I sold. Huge kudos to these gals! Christine, Jessica and Alyssa are the best.

My table at the signingChristine, me, Jessica, and Alyssa

I came home with a a lot of swag. I won blackout bingo hosted by Brian Feehan. His mother, Christine Feehan, was unable to attend but she still provided a bunch of raffle baskets, sponsored a meal, and sent prizes for bingo. I won and so did a friend, Jessica Bowes. The grand prize was a lovely big bag stuffed with great swag. Jessica and I split it. I think we were both happy with the results.

So I came home with a bunch of great stuff that I plan to share in an upcoming newsletter giveaway. I also came home with Covid. I think it is a pretty light case, but all the fun things I planned to do this week on my vacation have been put on hold while I take multiple naps and read some of the books I got at RAGT. I hope to get a newsletter sent out during the last week of June with links to enter the Books & Swag Giveaway.

I hope you all are doing well and having a great summer, or winter, for those of you on that side of the world, and finding time to enjoy a few books.

HAPPY READING!