Ellora’s Cave sure
knows how to throw a conference, I mean party to celebrate their authors and
readers. Whatever you want to call the 4-day event in Canton, Ohio from October
11-14 RomantiCon was a huge, HUGE hit.
The entire McKinley Grand Hotel was taken over by erotic romance authors, readers, reviewers, some media, EC staff and the hunky Cavemen.
Canton is a nice little town with historic architecture, a First Ladies Museum across the street, an Antique Car museum a few blocks away and the Football Hall of Fame. The hotel provided shuttle service to the Football Hall of Fame and dh loved it.
The entire McKinley Grand Hotel was taken over by erotic romance authors, readers, reviewers, some media, EC staff and the hunky Cavemen.
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| Nick & Ace (never see Ace w/o a smile) |
Canton is a nice little town with historic architecture, a First Ladies Museum across the street, an Antique Car museum a few blocks away and the Football Hall of Fame. The hotel provided shuttle service to the Football Hall of Fame and dh loved it.
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| Cavemen did a number of amazing shows |
Thursday started
with a Meet 'n Greet which felt like a family reunion of old friends and a
chance to meet new ones. During the day on Friday and Saturday many of the
workshops were standing room only. I participated in three: BDSM, Why We Love
it; BDSM Hurt So Good; and Paranormal Creatures: The Good, The Bad and the
Undead.
I got some great feedback from the workshops and hope to do similar
ones next year and maybe some new ones. Besides the workshops, there were pitch
sessions with the editors and fun demo/participating events like a class on
Zumba with Caveman Nick, a hulla hoop class and one on lap dancing with a very
interesting demo. Congratulations on Caveman Nick for winning Mr. RomantiCon 2012.
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| Cole, David Cavemen |
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| Christine d'Abo dancing away |
PARTY!!!! Friday
night was the Party Like It’s the End of the World (aka Mayan Apocalypse). Lots
of bling and an awesome show by the Cavemen. The second night was the party of
the survivors and biters (zombies). After the apocalypse. Amazing costumes and
EC did a wonderful job with the creepy table settings and backdrops.
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| That's me w/Mr. Kathy |
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| Cris Anson & ??? |
I was
dressed as a zombie killer who looked more like Trinity in the movie Matrix one
attendee said and dh was dressed as a zombie. White business shirt and tie,
coated in blood with yucky zombie makeup. He looked like the office worker who
got out of work and got bit.
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| Kaenar Langford & Isabelle Drake |
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| Nick & Tara Nina |
By the second
night, even the two cops who were hired to keep things in order got into the
party mode. They must’ve realized they had nothing to worry about after the
first night. We know how to party but no one was getting out of hand. So on Saturday
night, they wore EC’s “Got Sex” black tee-shirts, sunglasses and had cameras
with them. Gotta love it.
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| Joey Hill & Desiree Holt |
Awards were given
that night for Rising Stars: new EC authors who had their first book published
and special awards nominated by the editors. I received a Super Star award for
Damned and Defiant for the Best Reason for Getting a Sunburn. LOL.
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| Lynn LaFleur |
The book signing on
Sunday was a huge success. My new anthology WORK AND PLAY with fellow authors
Ruby Storm and Virginia Cavanaugh SOLD
OUT!!! I’m so excited to be included in this anthology with these two
talented authors. What a great trilogy of stories. Check it out on October 30th.
The official release date.
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| Virginia Cavanaugh |
I also sold a
number of Something Wicked this Way Comes anthologies and several eBook
coverflats of Damned and Defiant, Emerald Dungeon and Spring Break.
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| PJ party w Taylor |
The last fun event:
The Bingo PJ party. That will have to
be a yearly tradition. Everyone had so much fun. We all win when you get to
watch the Cavemen walk around in their PJ’s and furry slippers. Can’t wait
until next year. I miss everyone already. Many thanks to the Ellora's Cave staff, the hotel staff, the Cavemen and everyone who helped to make this conference a HUGE success.
