September snuck up on me. But summer, it isn’t over yet.

My summer started to rush by when I had a series of day job business trips taking me from Indianapolis to San Diego to Philadelphia before flying directly to Dallas for the RT Booklover’s Convention. Any one of those trips would’ve been enough to drain a person but all of them back to back left me dizzy and ready to nap for a week.

But RT Booklover’s Convention created some great memories for me. I got to support my good friend, Philippa Ballantine, as she accepted an RT Reviewer’s Choice award for Steampunk on behalf of herself and her co-author/husband, Tee Morris. I also got to know one of my favorite authors, Patricia Briggs, and her husband.

The following weeks passed me by in a flurry of deadlines and intense day job projects.

PJ, CeeCee, and Patty

Then my boyfriend and I spent a few much needed rest days with Patty and Mike at their home. Patty and Mike are wonderful hosts, great company, and really interesting conversationalists. We had adventures on horseback, cooking, and driving around vineyards and various locations chatting about any number of topics. I’m afraid my inner fangirl came out a few times as I asked questions about the Mercy Thompson series as well as Alpha and Omega.

I’ve learned I am much better at walking horses than riding them but I hope to learn more about horses overall.

All in all, the weekend was pretty incredible.

Behind the Scenes of In Their Own Worlds

August hit with a fantastic dive back into the world of the London Undead as J.R. Blackwell dropped me in the midst of my own zombie apocalypse with a werewolf at my back to fight the hungry horde.

The In Their Own Worlds gallery showing will be sometime before Spring 2016 in Philadelphia and Bite Me will be one of the featured worlds.

Teaser warning: My agent returned from the RWA annual conference this summer with a few leads for me and I might be preparing an idea to pitch for next year involving werewolves. Maybe. Something all new and action-packed. I’ll leave it buried here in this post for those who might be looking for such news.