Honored

I'm at the airport in San Diego, waiting to board my flight to Dallas. My part on the Smart Chicks tour is over, and I am sad. I didn't take many pictures, because Vania, the official tour photographer seemed to have that covered, and i hope to be able to post some of her pics soon. But for now, you can see them on Twitter, by following @reveriebr or @smartchickstour or just about any of the other touring authors, including me.

I've had the BEST time on tour. Like, the best time EVER. If you get a chance to go to one of the remaining stops, go. For real. The tour is very casual and the energy level of both author and audience is unbelievable. The authors throw swag into the audience and raffle away prizes including ARCs, tour shirts, and random special treats. They answer sometimes embarrassing, always funny questions, do a Q&A lightning round, play Sarah Reese Brennan's Marry/Shag/Cliff game and give away a huge basket full of books from every single Smart Chicks author, even the ones not on every stop.

Then they sign things. Books, shirts, printable posters, memory books, Kindle cases, bookmarks, paper, etc. In Pasadena, we even signed one young man's stomach. (With his mother's permission.) He's kinda infamous now. :)

So, this tour is so much fun, for everyone involved. Most of the stops have had more than 300 attendees, and Kelley Armstrong and Melissa Marr have done so much work to put this together, along with the other authors, who helped schedule, design swag, Tweet, blog, video, and probably a million other bits of promo and organization I'm probably leaving out.

But the best part for me, other than getting to meet and sign for hundreds of fans in a three-stop span, was getting to see my writer friends again. Most of us already knew one another before the tour began (though several I met for the first time on this tour), and getting to hang out together again and share the tour experience, as well as advice, support, and some serious laughs, is beyond awesome. We ate most meals together, shopped together, went sightseeing together. We shared cars, and plates, and Tylenol, and crazy stories. I've connected with existing friends and made new friends.

And I signed a ton of books.

At the risk of speaking prematurely, since the tour isn't over, congratulations, ladies! You made it happen, and I am so honored to have been a part of it.