Just returned from Las Vegas where I received the PenCraft Award for Humorous Literary Fiction. The conference was a small one with just about 50 attendees and there and a full day of seminars. A book marketing discussion by Jennifer Vance of Books Forward was incredibly interesting and a talk by author Cathy Post about her book, Hurricane Audrey, was very interesting. At night we all received our awards.

I met some wonderful fellow authors/award winners including Brenda Haas, author of Finding Sutton's Choice, a touching novel about a family dealing with Alzheimer's and buried secrets. I met a super nice young woman named Naomi Fata who is a bridal seamstress and home schools her children, along with pursuing her writing career. Her book, Stitching Your Story, Piece by Piece is a devotional and a lovely book. I also met Apple An, a novelist who focuses on her family's story in China. Her book, Mother of Red Mountains is about her own mothers story growing up in China. All worthy reads!

Even better, I got to meet New York based author, Andrea Simon, a fellow Sybelline Press author, who wrote a terrific book Did You Have the Life You Wanted.? It was great to meet a Sybelline author from the east coast! 

Beyond the conference I had a fabulous stay at the Fontainebleau hotel and casino. What a gorgeous place. I can't say enough good about it. I even won a little money on the King Kong slot machine. (I won't mention how much I lost at other machines!)