Conference photos

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0028dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#336666" FACE="Arial" ><B>Headed West</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Headed West"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Headed East"><U>Headed East</U></A>   |   <B>Conference photos</B>   |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Headed West"><U>Headed West</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Schedule of book store stops"><U>Schedule of book store stops</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Conference photos</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>I've missed names on a number of people...if you can help me out, please drop me a note</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>at </B></I><A HREF="mailto:kate@katedouglas.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:kate@katedouglas.com"><U><I><B>kate@katedouglas.com</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="751" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 303 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05177190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Me, Diane Whiteside and Pamela Franklin</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05377190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Dianne Whiteside and her absolutely delightful mom, Margot.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 303 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05577190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Lori Foster and (Brain just blanked out--need name)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05977190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> There were "photo ops" everywhere!</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 303 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05b77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> With Amelia Durbin, who is an absolute hoot!.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05d77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 303 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05f77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="06177190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Rhonda, aka SandDanz, a friend I met on MySpace!</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 303 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="06377190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Fellow Aphrodisia author, Jodi Lynn Copeland.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="06577190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Yuvonne Marlow & me</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 303 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="06777190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> LOTS of readers and writers, all gabbing, signing books, gabbing</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="06977190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> some more, talking books, gabbing some more...what a blast!</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 303 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="06b77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Me with Laura. (yep, WAY too many pictures of me!)</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="06d77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> With Mich and Dawn from the Sugarbook Club in Indiana.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 538 WIDTH="369"><div> <IMG SRC="06f77f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Stephanie Burke, aka Flash...probably got the name because she's SO shy and retiring...not! </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="07177f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Unless she's posing, this girl is ALWAYS freezing!!!</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 554 WIDTH="369"><div> <IMG SRC="09377f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Jeanne Marek, winner of my tote bag full of books! Congrats,</div> <div> Jeanne! (we were sitting at the same table, so it was really fun when she won this!)</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="09577190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Another group shot...it was so much fun to just mill around and talk to everyone! Definitely one of the best conferences</div> <div> I've ever been lucky enough to attend.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 369 WIDTH="369"><div> <IMG SRC="07377190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Tuesday Morrigan & me...she's a terrific writer, headed off to Oxford Law School in a few weeks...the UK will never be the same!!!</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="07577190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Diane and her mom, with the raffle prize Margot won...I missed the exact total, but I believe well over $4000 was raised to benefit the CONDUCTIVE LEARNING CENTER of Greater Cincinnati, a local school specializing in education for children with spina bifida and cerebral palsy.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 319 WIDTH="369"><div> <IMG SRC="07777190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> All the authors were lined up for a picture, and readers were snapping shots off just as fast as the "official" photographer!</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="07977190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> With Sierra Dafoe, another one of those "shy, retiring" authors!</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 336 WIDTH="369"><div> <IMG SRC="07b77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Selena Illyria, Tuesday Morrigan, me, Sierra Dafoe and HELP! Mind went blank!!!</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="07d77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Diane Whiteside, Berkley Editor Cindy Hwang and Diane's mom, Margot...Cindy's "stable" of authors includes almost all of my favorites! She's definitely got the touch!</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 522 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="08377f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Reader Ashley Jerome, winner of one of my wolves.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="08177f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Dianne Castell, who hosted the event along with Lori Foster.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="085f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> These ladies know how to have a great time at a conference! L to R: Yuvonne Marlow, Phyllis Ingram,</div> <div> Barbara Hicks (aka Bad Barb, keeper of the infamous closets where authors are imprisoned</div> <div> until their books are done, guarded by killer bunnies!) and Sierra Dafoe, who should probably</div> <div> still be in Barb's closet...</div> </td> </tr></table></body>