
Upon arrival in NOLA, Wednesday. I made this trip with my family, but you won't see them here because they are invisible. Or in the witness protection program. Or just private.
This day I said, "Oh, NOLA isn't so hot. I can handle this heat. Look, my hair is barely frizzing up at all." And then five minutes later came.



Friday was the first day of the actual con, but it didn't open until the evening, so Sara met up with me and my family for some beignets. So fun! <3 Here we are at Jackson Square & then nom noming. At this point I thought, "Okay, getting a little hotter, but I have extra hairspray in my hair. I'm good. I have Sara and sugar and fried dough." Next on the bucket list: Elephant Ears with Sara.
The con started off with a bang. We hit the con floor running. But first, we got shushed by a bunch of librarians. Don't ask.


Me with Kiki and Lisa. Such sweeties.
I also met Jay Asher for the first time, but for some reason, I neglected to get a photo with him. Here he is with Lisa, though:


And here I am with Kirsten, Courtney, Shannon, and Veronica. Sara, Cristin, Tere, and others had left a little earlier. Notice how we all have a leg bent? That's cuz I said, "everybody, strike a pose." Not really.
Some random shots from the actual con (Saturday). The best thing about this was the air conditioning. Although my hair was nearly toast from the trip to the convention.

With Franny Billingsley (CHIME). She had the best outfit of the con. Love the book, love her.
With Lisa at her book signing. <3


With Tere Kirkland, who is a dearie dear. I don't understand why she can't live in Indianapolis with me. We have corn here. And John Green.


An exhausted Sara, Cristin, Alexandra Shostak, Tere, Me, and Shannon. Cristin went all out playing the role. I came in second place, yeah? Everyone else mostly pretended like they weren't tired at all. What's up with the smiles, people?
With Cristin, my UK-expat sister. <3 <3 |
With Kimberley Griffiths Little (THE HEALING SPELL & CIRCLE OF SECRETS). Love her.

With Jonathan Auxier, author of PETER NIMBLE AND HIS FANTASTIC EYES. We were very excited to meet one another, clearly. Also, the camera guy mooned us.
FYI, I'm giving away a Signed ARC of PETER NIMBLE right now if you want to ENTER HERE TO WIN. You can also win an ARC of Carrie Jones and Steve E Wedel's AFTER OBSESSION and an ARC of Jennifer Castle's THE BEGINNING OF AFTER.
Um, yeah, so this post is getting long. We'll call this ALA ADVENTURES: PART ONE. More pictures to come...
P.S. My apologies for not linking everyone. I get lazy at 3:30 AM.
wow! looks you had fun at ALA. Lovely photos =)
ReplyDeleteLove your photos! Your a very lucky gal! I think its safe to say that ALA was a success :)
ReplyDelete-Diana
Fun, fun! What a great time! Thanks for sharing the pictures. :)
ReplyDeleteThose are fantastic! It looks like you are a real pro at making the most of conferences!
ReplyDeleteLibrarians who don't shush aren't real librarians! LOL!!
ReplyDeleteYay for having such a fun time!! Take care
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Sounds like so much fun. Would have loved to hang out with you and everyone else.
ReplyDeleteFun stuff!! You know what isn't fun, though?? LIVING In Louisiana and having that heat/humidity all the time. boo. No amount of beignets makes up for it. ;)
ReplyDeleteI seriously need to get myself to a writer's conference. You look like you had so much fun... I'd probably just be starstruck the whole time!
ReplyDeleteFun! I loved the getting shushed by a bunch of librarians...
ReplyDeleteI think I saw a dude in one of those pictures. Wait. Nope, just Jay.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like so much fun! *cue jealous*
ReplyDeleteSo glad you had a wonderful time, Carol! Thanks for sharing your adventure and all these great pics. I love posts like this since I haven't been to any conferences yet. Gets me excited about planning on it! :)
ReplyDelete*sigh* looks soooo fun!
ReplyDeleteI met Kimberley this past spring! She is such a nice person. LOVED her book!! Can't wait for the next one.
Wow that's a lot of great pictures, and a lot of fun no doubt! It sounds like a very unique con, one I'd love to attend someday. Thanks for sharing with us!
ReplyDeleteWow, what fun you had. Great photos!
ReplyDeleteOh man, fun fun fun.
ReplyDeleteI love these pictures and I love you! I can't WAIT to do it all over again (sans humidity) in October.
ReplyDeleteMiss you.
Looks like a blast!!! Great pix! I felt like I was there but without the humidity!
ReplyDeleteAw, so much fun. I miss hanging out with you--why don't you live closer????
ReplyDeleteI loved CHIME.
ReplyDeleteAnd, Tere *is* a dearie dear. :)
Hugs,
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SO jealous - looks like heaps of fun! Like a constant stream of awesome-ness.
ReplyDeleteOne day I shall make these trips!
Glad you got to meet up with so many other writers and authors!
ReplyDeleteAwesome photos! Looks like sooo much fun!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like so much fun!!!! You lucky girl getting to go to these conferences! Love the pics!
ReplyDeletenext best thing to going anywhere is checking your blog for deets. :D great to see all those faces
ReplyDeleteI loved the sensible shoes! You are an energizer bunny.
ReplyDeleteYou met many of my favorites. Glad you had a great time!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great time! Jealous!!
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome... the worst part is: you make me realize I could be doing more!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing pictures from events I'm unable to attend. Looks like you guys had a blast! And beignets... YUM!
ReplyDeleteFuuun. I totally want to go now. And Jay Asher!!!! OMG. Good thing I wasn't there. I know I would have said something stupid;P
ReplyDeleteSeriously, ALA looks ridiculously fun, and NOLA looks lovely. Heat I can take; it's the humidity that wilts me. :P
ReplyDeleteI'm late to the party, but love the pix! :D
ReplyDeleteLooks like it was LOTS of fun!
ReplyDeleteI'm so jealous! I really hope that I get to go to ALA next summer. I can't complain though, because we just got back from Ireland. Ireland vs. ALA? It was a hard decision, but Ireland won.
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