It's A Small World After All

So, I made it!

I am at the once a year, big brew-ha-ha, writing conference. Since we are at the Swan and Dolphin hotel in Orlando the title of this blog has a hidden meaning. Get it?

Actually I'm not just referencing the theme park ride with lots of cherubic faced little people singing the same verse over, and over, and over again. You know the one.

I was referencing my own experience as I ran to get checked in as soon as possible, then ran to my room, dumped off my belongings, and ran to find where the registration and first timers meeting was.

You see, my flights were delayed. Both flights. And I ran the risk of being late. I already missed the literacy signings where you could get books signed by your favorite authors. By the way that was a serious bummer. But, I decided to not to let that get me down before I even really made it to the hotel.

So, here's the small world part. And seriously, fate works in wonderful ways. So, I'm running through the lobby and into the hot, sticky and very humid breezeway that connects the swan side of the hotel to the dolphin side and I saw another attendee going the same way and asked if she knew where registration was. She was super nice and once I got my bearings down I introduced myself.

Turns out her name was also Stacy. Actually Anastasia, which is so royal sounding, but she goes by Stacy. Just like me, although I guess you can say I'm just plain, Stacy.

It turns out she's from Arizona but we both grew up in Virginia, went to colleges only an hour apart and both write paranormal romance. We each have finished our first books and are working on the next while trying to figure out the publishing world and find representation. As it turns out we each work our forty-hour-week jobs and like what we do but seriously, it just pays the bills. We love writing.

So how amazing is that? A chance encounter with someone that may not have happened if my flights weren't delayed. I'm not complaining. I got a new friend out of it and that is priceless in my book.

Not in my actual book, you know I mean figuratively.

I have no new posts for rejections or pages but I can give you a bug bite report.

As of today the south mosquito troops have descended and attacked me on 12 occasions. I'm just praying that none of them were carrying the west Nile.

Viva La Raide.