Some folks spent a lovely few days at the Romantic Times convention -- my experience was two trips in, a couple hours at a time. And while I missed so much by now sharing the whole experience, I loved being able to go to the literacy signing on Saturday and the Resplendence Publishing party on Sunday.

The literacy signing ... I went for one primary reason, so my grandgirl Celeste could meet her favorite author, Heather Brewer. The bonus was being able to catch up with some friends, which is always good!

The RP pajama party offered two great movies, "Twilight" and "New Moon," which I naturally love, being a vampire author and all. And yes, despite my doctor's "no sodium" orders, I indulged in popcorn. Best of all, I got to meet Tiffany Mason from RP at last and saw Leigh Collett, RP publisher, again. We were both Kentucky Romance Writer members together longer ago than I like to remember, and it was fun to talk to her again.

And, of course, we also just celebrated the 5th Dogwood Writing Conference at Greenbo Lake State Resort Park, sponsored by my home RWA chapter, KYOWA 180. What fun that was!

Now, alas, I've got to put fingers to the keyboard and finish "Devil's Ball," the third of my Shadow Ancient books. Yep, fun's over!

One more month and the Shadow Ancients series begins! No one can be more excited than me. I've been living with my wonderful vampires for several years and I'm thrilled to let others join our world.

I hope you'll explore them for yourself. The first, Out of the Shadows, will be released as an e-book from Resplendence Publishing on March 2. And yes, it will be available for Kindle!