Bring On October!

             Happy October, everyone!

 Since last week, when I described my African safari, I’ve been out of the country again, this time in Toronto, Canada, for the Harlequin 75^th Anniversary celebration. It was wonderful! They held a lot of sessions introducing their current authors to the way they create all aspects of their books, from cover to production to printing and more. We got to see their Canada offices, where a lot of it is put together—although I’ve also seen their New York offices. We saw more of the new covers, and even got copies of some of the newest books. We met more of the editorial staff and those in charge of it all, and heard some of them speak. 

And of course they held a party to celebrate it all—with a live band who played a lot of the songs always played at Harlequin parties at Romance Writers of America celebrations and more—including It’s Raining Men! For that, and other songs, lots of women get up and dance and really party. It’s Harlequin romance, after all! 

It was also fun to see the other authors there, including meeting some I hadn’t met before, and catching up a bit with those I already knew. 

Now, though, I’m home and trying to return to my usual routine, including doing some more writing—including continuing with my next Harlequin Romantic Suspense book, the first in my new series. 

It’s good to be home and get to spend more time with my dogs, who clearly missed me—and I missed them too. 

But I definitely enjoyed the trip and celebration!