Miles to Go

All Rennie Vogel wants is to serve her country. Rennie has devoted her life and body to training as an FBI counterterrorism operative. With miles through an inhospitable landscape and an ambiguous enemy between her and safety, Rennie must battle forces threatening national security and decide if she can risk her heart...

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Julie Korzenko, who has an eco-thriller just out that got a great review from Publisher’s Weekly, interviewed me for The Big Thrill, the International Thriller Writer’s monthly newsletter. Julie and I talked about the inspiration for Rennie and what might happen in the sequel. Click the ITW logo below to read the interview.

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The famous Writer’s Center in Bethesda is a wonderful organization that offers a full schedule of workshops that span the range from the elements of craft to marketing. Poetry, memoir, literary and genre fiction — they cover it all. They also host readings and other events and have an enormous collection of literary journals for sale. Their blog is call First Person Plural and I am their guest blogger today — check it out!

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Yes, I was nervous, had been in a strangled anxiety grip for months. My plan was to practice, practice, practice. Every day. What I did: well, procrastinate, of course. Then as the countdown of just a few weeks came up, I accepted that it was actually going to take place and that I’d better get myself ready. So, I made everyone I know listen to me practice: my family, my wonderful neighbors across the street, my book group. I got some excellent feedback and refined the text of the reading a bit more (since I had four minutes to read I had to edit my selection so it would have a mostly complete narrative arc).

We arrived at noon to get settled in and have a tour of the archival side of the Stonewall Library and Archives — they have a great collection and it is well worth a visit. Gradually people began to arrive. Everyone was very friendly and enthusiastic. I hung out near the entrance with Dillon saying Hello as people entered.

Pretending like I'm not nervous

Pretending like I'm not nervous

Still pretending I'm not nervous

Still pretending I'm not nervous

And finally, it began. I  was blown away by Katherine Forrest’s kind remarks introducing me. She did a wonderful job moderating the whole event. I will have more video clips of her and the readings by Dillon, KG and Karin up as soon as I can.

And a still shot if you don’t want to bother with the video — taken by  Ari — thanks Ari! I had a few errors but I was mostly calm once it finally got going and I think it went well.

Reading ADR photo by Ari

Afterwards, we signed books and met and chatted with readers.

Signing after the reading at Stonewall - KG Macgregor, Katherine V. Forrest, Amy Dawson Robertson, Dillon Watson

kat and Ari from the Bella Forum drove all the way from Missouri. And they brought all of the authors an art piece that they’d made.

ADR and kat and lovely necklace

That’s kat and me with the gorgeous necklace she brought me. A closer view below along with the great mug hand turned by Ari. Thanks ladies!

Necklace from kat -- thanks kat!Mug from Ari -- thanks Ari!

This is just after the reading back at the Shuck N Dive — I was completely exhausted and ready to head back to the hotel to collapse.

After the reading

But first I needed to fortify myself with oysters (and beer).

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We started the day at the Stonewall Library and Archives. Half of us (not me!) worked outside and the rest of us worked on shifting and shelving books.  Though Karin suggested there was some slackage on on my part. This from her facebook page…

Amy slacks off while everyone else works shifting books to make room for more. (Caption supplied by Karin Kallmaker)

Amy slacks off while everyone else works shifting books to make room for more. (Caption supplied by K. Kallmaker)

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This photograph refutes such a notion:

Karen Amy working Stonewall

It was a fun day at Stonewall — they have a great group of staff and volunteers. And I got a few photos with some of my favorite authors. I was thrilled to have a picture with my much esteemed editor, Katherine V. Forrest.

Katherine V. Forrest and Amy Dawson Robertson Stonewall Library and Archives

And Dillon Watson.

Dillon Watson and Amy Dawson Robertson Stonewall Library and Archives

And Karin Kallmaker.

Karin Kallmaker and Amy Dawson Robertson Stonewall Library and Archives

Not sure how I missed one with KG but I know she was outside doing hard labor. Then there was this funny picture of Katherine and me — this was the first conversation I had with her and I was a little nervous. Little did I know we were surrounded by naked men!

KVF and me Stonewall

After a yummy lunch of oysters and blackened chicken at the Shuck N Dive (it was so good we went back the next day after the reading), it was finally time to take in the beach.

ADR Beach and Big Glasses

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And later I took a peek at the book…

ADR Checking Out Miles To Go

Tomorrow I’ll be posting a video of the reading. Goodnight!

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