RWA 2006 |

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#9999CC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="006005a0ezuabz.gif"> <div> <B>RWA 2006   |  </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Tahoma" ><A HREF="http://www.katedouglas.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.katedouglas.com"><U><B>home   </B></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Tahoma" ><B>   </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#330066" FACE="Tahoma" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>RWA 2006   |  </B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="more photos"><U><B>more photos</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>Atlanta, Georgia July 26--July 30, 2006</B></I></div> <bR> <div> Please let me know your name if you see yourself in a photo w/o identification. I took a lot of  photos, but didn't get names down!</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="753" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#99CCFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 336 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="00977190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> I arrived late for the literacy signing on Wednesday nigiht, but the room was full and I did get to see a few people I know.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="00b77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Dinner afterwards with author Angela Knight and her husband Mike, Ann Jacobs, Treva Harte and Diane Whiteside (whose photos did NOT come out very well!)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 336 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="00e77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Then it was on to catch the tail end of the San Francisco Bay Area chocolate party: three in the center are Rae Monet (who won a Golden Heart) Treva Hart and chapter president Doreen DeSalvo</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="02377190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> What a luncheon with over 2000 in attendance looks like! I heard here were 2200 RWA members at the conference!</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 352 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="02577190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> One half of writing team Ashleigh Raine and author Arianna Hart</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="02777190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> PASIC's Editor of the Year reception with nominee Hilary Sares, Kensington, in the center talking to author Sylvia Day and Bonnie Edwards. </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 522 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="02977f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Kerry Sparks</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="02b77f40.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Aleesa Holiday</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 336 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="02d77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Rita Clay Estrada at left in pink, Sharon Page talking with Hilary Sares, and author PJ Mellor in pink on right.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="03177190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> We're out of focus because there was WAY too much alcohol consumed at the PASIC EOY Reception! On left (need name), Mardi Ballou, Kate Douglas, Cricket Starr and Lynn LaFleur.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 385 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="03377190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> After PASIC, I attended the Ellora's Cave dinner with about thirty fellow cavers at the Pacific Rim restaurant about a block from the hotel. Dinner was excellent--can you believe REALLY good sushi in Atlanta? I was shocked! Delilah Devlin at the end on the left, Myla Jackson at the end on the right</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="03577190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Heather Osborn at the end of the table--I think! I'm hopeless about names--please let me know if you're in a picture so I can identify you properly.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 303 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="03a77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> The view from the 22nd floor room I shared with Ann Jacobs.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="03c77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 355 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="02177190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Friday morning began with the Kensington authors breakfast with our editors invited. Hilary Sares and Kate Duffy attended. That's Judith Laik on the left, then <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Tahoma" >Sh</FONT>ayla Kersten, Delilah Devlin, Megan Kerans</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="01e77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Myla Jackson on left, Delilah Devlin & Megan Kerans</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 319 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="01277190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Author Lacy Danes in the polka dots, Celia May Hart on right, Layla Chase on left.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="01477190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Author Shirley Jump in brown jacket, editor Kate Duffy on right</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 303 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="01677190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Karen Kelly in center.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="01877190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 335 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="01a77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Hilary Sares talking with assistant editor Sulay Hernandez, left of Sulay is Jennifer Apodaca</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="01c77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 319 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="03e77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> The setting for the Passionate Ink luncheon was amazing. We had a beautiful room with a pod of Beluga whales watching us!</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="04077190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> I missed the shot, but when we first entered the room, all the whales came to the glass to watch us!</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 319 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="04277190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Author Jade Lee and friends. </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="04477190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> When it was my turn, the whales all went away, except for the one growing out of the top of my head...</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 303 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="04677190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Aphrodisia author Bonnie Edwards.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="04877190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Aphrodisia authors PJ Mellor and Genie Davis</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 234 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="05777d70.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="05577b20.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="178" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> We had an excellent turn out for the PI Luncheon at the Atlanta Aquarium, and the food, by Wolfgang Puck, was excellent</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 319 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="04f77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Authors Angela Knight and Jade Lee, AK's husband Mike Woodcock and author/Loose Id publisherTreva Harte.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="05977190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Sylvia Day introducing reviewer from Joyfully Reviewed who spoke about what women want in their romances.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 438 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0672fb00.jpg" border=0 width="303" height="432" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="06977390.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="313" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Author Ann Jacobs receiving her Passionate Plume award and Diane Whiteside receiving hers for their winning entries in the very first Passionate Plume published authors competition.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 571 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="05b77460.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="326" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Agent Roberta Brown talked about what editors and publishers want in their submissions from the agent's point of view, while Ellora's Cave publisher Raelene Gorlinksy (right) gave the editor's point of view. (The beluga whales were all very attentive...)</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05d77350.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="565" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="more photos"><U><B>Go to next page fo</B></U></A><A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="more photos"><U><B>r</B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="more photos"><U><B>more photos.</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> © 2006 Kate Douglas All rights reserved. Photos on these pages may be reproduced with permission and credit to the photographer.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>