Back from the Z Sales Meeting

Captain's Log, Stardate 03.14.2007

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She’s baaaaaack …

Got back late last night and slept for 12 hours. Flying always seems to drain my energy, probably because I’m concentrating so hard on not getting sick on the plane (motion sickness loves me).

Thanks so much for the prayers! It was fun! And I managed to meet all these VPs and the CEO without babbling like a complete idiot this time (unlike my stupidity at the Christy Awards last year).

I’ll write later with more details about what happened. Right now I have to finish the Marketing Info sheet for book 3 in my series, due tomorrow sometime …

Comments

Delia said…

Welcome home Camy! I'm so glad the trip went well.

Wed Mar 14, 06:09:00 PM 2007

Anonymous said…

Welcome back, Camy! I've been out of the loop with your blog for a few weeks, but I have thought about you a lot.

I'm glad to hear you are doing so well! You are such a wonderful, hard worker--and I can't wait to read Sushi for One. (Are guys allowed to read it?)

Thu Mar 15, 05:20:00 AM 2007

Anonymous said…

Thu Mar 15, 05:20:00 AM 2007

Dineen A. Miller said…

Can't wait to hear all about it, girl. I bet you wowed them. :-)

Thu Mar 15, 06:27:00 PM 2007

Anonymous said…

You'll tell us later? That suspense writer in you is coming out, Camy!

Glad it went well.

Thu Mar 15, 09:19:00 PM 2007

I’m done

Captain’s Log, Stardate 05.17.2006 Blog book giveaway: My Thursday book giveaway is THE PREACHER’S DAUGHER by Lyn Cote My Monday book giveaway is BLIND DATES CAN BE MURDER by Mindy Starns Clark . You can still enter both giveaways. Just post a comment on each of those blog posts. On Thursday, I'll draw the winner for THE PREACHER’S DAUGHTER and post the title for another book I'm giving away. Stay tuned. I’m done. At the beginning of the year, I made a goal of three books this year. That’s four months per book. I started this manuscript January 15th. I finished in the wee hours of May 17th, so it took me about four months, a day and a few hours. Yay me. I’m going to bed now. Yes, this is the espresso maker on the right, and a professional coffee grinder on the left. By the espresso maker, I mean the one I promised to my long-suffering husband if I got a book contract, as a reward for letting me quit my biotech job and write full-time.

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