Lucynda Storey-Erotic Romance Writer

Romantic Times day three proved to be interesting.  About 9, I headed down to the e-Fiesta in the Arboretum.  Pauline Baird was there with boxes and boxes of bags filled with swag for the convention.  I helped distribute the bags around the room.  There were 400 of them!

I was able to get my badge at the convention corrected but of course, the literature handed out, like the convention booklet was incorrect.  I ended up being listed in the published authors section as Sandra Hicks writing as Lucynda Storey. 

I bopped from that room shortly before 10 to help out my friend and colleague Lena Austin.  She’d been left at the last moment to do a workshop on her own and needed some moral support.  Lizzie T. Leaf and myself helped her present a workshop on self-editing.  It went over quite well and several people commented on how practical the sectional was.

I also popped into a couple of the sectionals set up for the booksellers.  This proved to be one of the most practical, infromational events I attended.  I received the cards of several independent book sellers and a few of them mentioned wanting to capitalize on the growth of e-Books.  It was reported that Sony has an exclusive deal with one of the larger box stores (Barnes and Noble or Borders) to sell their reader, which currently runs around $350.

Harlequin sponsored the lunch and most probably did all the e-Book publishers a huge favor by featuring their line of e-Books.  They worked to dispell several myths regarding e-Books and did an excellent job. 

We had an excellent lunch (a cobb salad), terrific service by the Hyatt-Regency Houston staff and I got to chat with an aquiring editor from Red Sage.

 Lena took Lizzie and I out to dinner at the Spindletop, a very nice restaurant at the top of the Hyatt Regency.  Once again, the food was delicious and the service outstanding.

The Faery Ball dinner and dance was quite nice although several members of the court weren’t there for various reasons.  My roommate Laura Baumbach was on the court amid some prior controversy that seemed to have gotten worked out.  Lizzie and I skipped the main course, but enjoyed the chocolate dessert, a chocolate tubular concoction filled with chocolate mouse and blueberries and raspberries.

Laura looked beautiful in the handmade medeval dress she created.  I also got to chat with another of the Faery Ball princesses, Ann Jacobs.  Near the end of dinner, those who wanted paraded in their costumes in front of the Faery Ball court and had their costumes judged.  At our table, number 25, a stunning woman in a white faery costume with a feather headress and a white ostrich feather train won our vote. 

The evening ended with us turning in a little earlier than usual (midnight).

Lucynda Storey

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