The Holiday Contest is back! Every day in December, you can enter to win a prize from one of our authors. The first contest will start December 1 at 10 p.m. Pacific.
 |
|
Reader Writer Get-Together
 By Dianne Castell Well, it’s been a great June! This was the fourth year for the Lori Foster/Dianne Castell Reader Writer Get-Together. But it’s not just Lori’s and my event but an OUR event meaning all the volunteers who make this possible! With 275 attendees, over a hundred authors, publishers, agents, there is no way Lori and I could ever pull this off alone. We had an incredible line-up of special guests including, Michelle Buonfiglio from Lifetime.com; Sheila Clover from Circle of Seven Promotions; Barbara Vey from the PW blog; Borders buyer Sue Grimshaw; Berkley editor Cindy Hwang; Jennifer Schober from the Spencerhill Agency; Agent Laura Bradford; and Samhain publisher Crissy Brashear. And not only was the event bigger and better than ever but we raised $5500 from the bookfair and basket raffle for the Conductive Learning Center here in Cincinnati, a school for children with Cerebral Palsy and Spinal Bifida. This was also the launch weekend for The Power of Love! Thirteen authors got together with their agents and donated all the royalties, advances and commissions to the YWCA Battered Women’s Shelter here in Cincy. Truly women helping women. Next year we’re doing Love Tails and the proceeds go to AAF, a no-kill animal shelter here in Cincy that is in desperate need of a new wing. That the event lasts two days and only costs $35 is a great bargain. We only charge for food, Fri night dinner, Sat breakfast, Sat lunch. Next year…June 5-6…we’re including Saturday dinner as well so we can make the weekend last longer. With all the attendees we can use the extra visiting time. Thanks to everyone who made the Get-Together a fab weekend! Lori and I hope to see all next year. Hugs, 9 Responses to “Reader Writer Get-Together” |
New Books 
Copyright  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. |
June 19th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Hi Dianne,
I hope to make next years event, everywhere I read , everyone had a great time.
June 19th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Hi, Dina.
I sure hope you can make it. I know it’s a year off but that year seems to fly by. :-)
Dianne
June 19th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Hi Dianne,
Haven’t seen you around for a while. Congrats on the success of your get together and raising so much money. Hope I get to go next year.
June 19th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Hi, Jane! Wonderful hearing from you. Sure hope you can make the get-together next year. Lori and I work to keep the costs low…gives us all extra money for the bookfair.
Hope you’re having a good summer.
Hugs, Dianne
June 19th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Hi, Dianne! Congrats on a wonderful weekend–I hope I’ll be able to join you one of these years!
June 19th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Hi, Fedora.
I hope you get to Cincy for the get-together too. It seems to be getting bigger every year.
June 20th, 2008 at 6:08 am
Another awesome year. I loved being a part of it. You and Lori do a wonderful job of making everyone feel included. Can’t wait til next year.
June 20th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Dianne,
I feel terrible that I missed this years event, but have already marked my calendar for next year.
It’s nice to have you back. I’ve missed seeing your name and your witty commentary.
June 20th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Hi, Stacy.
Great seeing you at the get-togehter. Next year we should have t-shirts that say Charter Club for all who’ve been with us since the beginning. :-)
Thanks for you help in making it a success.
Hi, Patty!
We truly missed you this year. Can’t wait to see you in ‘09.
Dianne