If you've been following this blog you probably know that I will be a Featured Blogger at the Coastal Magic Convention again this year (formerly called Olde City New Blood) and I'm really excited to meet more author and bloggers and have even more fun this year!
Coastal Magic Convention
Daytona Beach, FL
Feb. 6 - 9, 2014
Bloggers will be featuring the authors attending this con from now to the when the con takes place in February so keep an eye out for posts and giveaways from the Featured Authors over the next few months!
Today I'm featuring one of my favorite authors:
Sandy Williams
I asked Sandy to tell us the top 5 things she is looking forward to about the Coastal Magic Convention!
First, I
want to say thanks so much, Christen, for having me on your blog. I am so, so
excited to meet you in person! And I’m looking forward to this conference in general.
It’ll be my first small, reader-oriented conference. I’ve been to the Romantic
Times convention twice now, but that con is HUGE, and there are so many
different genres represented there it’s easy to get lost in the crowd. I like
that Coastal Magic Con is much smaller than that and paranormal oriented.
What are
the other things I’m looking forward to? The top five are below!
1.
Laser-tag:
Is it wrong that this is what pushed me over the
edge and made me decide to go to this conference? It’s silly, I know! But ever
since watching How I Met Your Mother, I’ve wanted to play some serious,
Barney-style laser-tag. I want to geek out on it and pretend to be all
special-forces-y, which means, of course, that I’ll probably be shot within the
first twenty seconds! (Oh, look! http://bit.ly/11RLmN9
Laser-tag with me is sold out! *fist pump* Who’s doing it Barney-style with me?
(Um, did that sound weird?))
2.
Fangirling about books:
I love books - which
is probably a good thing since I write them - but in my real life, I don’t have
any friends who love urban fantasy and romance fiction as much as I do. My
husband is a reader, but he’s into the long, epic fantasy novels (which I am,
too, I just don’t read them very often because I crave romance) Plus, the
husband doesn’t really “fangirl.” *grin* A couple of my other friends read and
enjoy books, but they don’t go crazy over them either. I’m dying to to talk
about my favorite books with people who love them as much as I do.
3.
Breakfasts with an Author:
I signed up to be
available for breakfast every morning, I think. It’s not just because I
like to eat. I think it’s an awesome way to get to know readers, and for
readers to get to know authors and each other. I might actually remember names
this way! (I’m so horrible at remembering them.) As of right now, there are a
few spaces left if you want to sign up for breakfast with me or with the other
authors. (Register here: http://bit.ly/11RLmN9)
4. Meet
& Greets:
I’m attending this conference to meet readers (and
bloggers!), and that’s the thing I’m looking forward to the most. I love book
people. I love hearing about what they’re reading, who their favorite authors
are, and what they’re looking forward to reading next. It’s also nice to meet
people who’ve read the Shadow Reader books. I’m always floors me when anyone
tells me they’ve read it, and I do cartwheels (inside my head; otherwise, I’d
most certainly break something).
5. Meeting bloggers:
I loooove bloggers, and I’m pretty much fascinated by them. They get to
read so many books, and they’re able to write about their impressions of those
books in a thoughtful and entertaining way. If I wasn’t an author - and if I
could write a review that wasn’t giddy, fangirl babbling - I’d be a book
blogger, so I’m really looking forward to putting faces with names!
Thanks Sandy!
Enter to win your choice of one of the Shadow Reader books!
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