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Dear Friends,

I had the most exhilarating book tour, but oh, I’m glad to be home! It seems the older I get, the more particular I become . . . I like my own coffee machine, my favorite pillow, the fluffy robe I couldn’t pack because there was no room in the suitcase. Since internet access is so uncertain when you’re traveling, I missed squawking with my friends. And of course, I rather missed Greg and the children too!

But it was all more than worth it, because of the pleasure of meeting and talking with readers. To me, each booksigning was a joyful event, especially as I got to talk all I wanted and no one asked me to be quiet. Heh heh.  Usually I got to speak with a microphone (I love microphones!), while sitting at a table in front of a gathering of readers. I would speak about how I got started writing and describe various twists and turns of my career, and also relate a few personal stories. Then I read a few pages from Sugar Daddy in my full-on Texas accent, and then the best part was Q&A. Oh, you should have heard some of those exchanges—we held nothing back!

Sometimes the crowd was large and boisterous, which of course was great fun . . .but I really enjoyed it when the crowd was smaller because it allowed for a conversational “book club” atmosphere in which we could laugh and share and tell stories.

I was asked quite a lot about Derek Craven and St. Vincent, and most of all Cam Rohan (whose book, “Mine Till Midnight will be out Oct.2) I was also asked a few questions about my Squawker friends (don’t worry, dears, I didn’t divulge anything incriminating! Except, er . . . well, never mind) and most of all, we shared our love of reading and favorite authors. EVERYONE mentioned J.R. Ward and Stephanie Laurens, both of whom had just gone on “the circuit” before me, and are much adored. As I know from experience, both ladies are just that . . . ladies . . . very kind and polished and witty.

To my absolute delight, I met some of our own group, among them Elsie, Santa, J Perry Stone, Andrea, Jodie, and some self-confessed lurkers, and forgive me because I know I’m forgetting a few people, but I don’t have access to all my brain cells this morning! So thanks to them for making my book tour such a special experience, and to everyone who came to visit me. Those few minutes of our lives intersecting were very precious to me.

Now having finished my own book tour, I want to go to some other authors’ booksignings. If you could go to anyone’s book signing, who would it be and why?