Shannon Delany's Blog: Shannon Delany's Goodreads Blog - Posts Tagged "convention"

I haven't been around lately and I apologize. Even though I have a little more than six months until 13 TO LIFE hits bookstore shelves, things are getting hectic.

To give you an idea of what I did today:
1.) made breakfast for the fam
2.) got the boy on his bus to school
3.) worked on ad copy for an advertisement for RT Book Reviews
4.) posted said ad on Twitter, got comments--mulled them over
5.) rediscovered an old author photo (no, you shall not see it ;-)
6.) sent my book 2 prologue (and chapter 1) to trusted betas
7.) registered (read that as "paid") for the RT Booklovers' Convention in Ohio
8.) reviewed ad copy
9.) worked on letter to UK ARC tour participants
10.) responded to agent's intern (she's great)
11.) answered some emails
12.) reTweeted new ad copy
13.) sent final ad copy
14.) emailed publicity at SMP
15.) fielded phone calls
16.) remembered I have a Goodreads site!
17.) started reviewing beta responses
18.) emailed and Tweeted about more interviews
19.) made dinner for the fam
20.) took care of the farm chores
21.) responded to a couple blog posts mentioning my book YAY!
22.) wrote this blog to remind myself that this is all a process that takes time, effort and interest (I have more of the latter two than the former but ah well ;-)

I hope your day was also productive. :-)
~Shannon

So today we make the drive down to Columbus to RT BOOKlovers Convention. This'll be my first RT and it's supposed to be a huge event chock full of well-known authors and aspiring authors, folks in the publishing industry (other than authors) and just, generally, people who love books.

I'm moderating a panel, hosting a workshop and one of 16 hostesses for the "Not So Sweet 16" bookseller party.

I got to stay with pal (and owner of The Book Exchange--she has two very cute stores!) Annette Fitzgerald and her family and tonight we'll be staying at the Hyatt (YAY!).

I'm going to be kept hopping, but hopefully I'll occasionally update my main blog http://www.13toLife.us/blog

Take care! Keep writing and reading!
~Shannon