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In October, I spent ten glorious days in California at various book signing parties and functions.

Later, Susan Reeve, Supervising Librarian at the Rio Vista Library, sent this letter:

"Thank you for bringing an excellent program to the Rio Vista Library. Twenty-four people attending is quite a crowd for us. I learned a lot about your craft and the discipline it requires. And you are clearly inspired, yet modest about your gifts."

The next evening after the library function, I attended a class reunion with one hundred sixty-eight people in attendance. Not only was I allowed to sell books, I had previously sent two hard copies of River Bones, along with two Hawaiian gifts, for a raffle.

The Delta Daze Inn in Isleton, California, where I sometimes stay, now carries River Bones. They have a mystery club that comes through several times a year.

After that, it was on to other friends' homes and then to my brother's place southeast of Placerville in the foothills. While there, I finally met a friend with whom I had been exchanging writing and editing for quite some time and never met. We clicked, like cherished sisters.

I sold one hundred twenty-four books during this trip. Wow.

By the time I reached home, I was tired from so many months of planning this trip and finally going. I went to Honolulu for a week of R&R, to purchase some necessities not available on Kauai, and to, of course, promote River Bones even more. But alas, while standing in line in a store, a man behind me coughed. I felt his breath roll past me. He kept coughing. I covered my nose and mouth but by then it was too late. I woke with the next morning with the worst sore throat in memory. It took another week at home before I could get out of bed to learn that another strain of flu from Asia had hit the Islands.

So that's my trip in a nutshell. The good far outweighs the illness. I have new friends, got to know former friends even better, and many more are reading my novels. Yes, novels, plural. Some have already purchased one or more of my previously published books.

Now it's time to get back to work. Watch for some pictures to show up on my
Web site: http://www.writeanygenre.com .

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