A signing, a signing!

So, I had just about the best weekend ever. Work at the library was busy, but good. The playtest went beautifully, and I finished edits on Saturday night (as you've already heard). I got to meet a good friend for dinner on Sunday (hi sarah_joy!). And I *finally* got to meet Jennifer Lynn Barnes (jenlyn_b)!

I'd never been to the Borders in Milford, CT before, but I can cheerfully say that their cafe is a great location for a book signing. The closest door to the outside of the building is right next to the nice open space of their cafe, which means that I wandered in, looking around, and spotted Jennifer almost immediately. (She spotted me right back, and if she did not, in fact, recognize me immediately, she did a wonderful job of giving every appearance of recognition. *g*) Almost as soon as I sat down where the chairs were arranged, the friends who had been keeping her company between readers went off to browse, and as I arrived at the very tail end of the signing, we got to chat for almost twenty minutes. As much as I feel like I already know about her process from her blog, it was great to hear about her experience selling her books and about the struggles she had with the sequel to Tattoo first hand. I realized in chatting with her just how much I've missed her regular blogging since she returned to Yale from her year in England! (I cannot imagine being a full time grad student *and* writing as much as she does. I know she's fast, but still!)

So, kudos to Jennifer for being just as awesome in person as I expected her to be from her blog. And, while I'm still learning how to get up to the level of blue_succubus when it comes to taking pictures at bookstores, I did remember to snap a shot while getting my copy of Tattoo signed: