Hi everyone.

I’m back from the Romantic Times Convention (okay, I’ve been back for a week) and I’m finally getting caught back up.  I’m two loads away from laundry being finished and only have a few things left in one of my suitcases left to unpack.

The convention itself was amazing, as usual.  I met tons of terrific fans, got to network with tons of fellow writers and got to touch base with booksellers, librarians and many others within the industry.

Thought you all would enjoy a few pictures.

I was on the Fairy Court for the fourth year and was on the Unseelie side (of course!)  Here’s a You Tube video of the Unseelie court.  I’m the first one.

Here’s the You Tube video of the Seelie Court.

Here’s a great You Tube that will give you the general flavor of RT

Here’s a picture from the book signing -

Here’s a picture of Kayla Janz & I at the book signing:

Here’s a picture of me on the Unseelie Court:

And a picture of the entire Unseelie Court with Will the costume contest winner

I’m off to finish laundry and unpacking!  Enjoy

Tina/Cassie

After much peer pressure, I signed up on Twitter a week ago today, and I have to admit, I’m loving it.  I thought it was only going to be a time sucker and I was skeptical about how much value it would add.  But I’ve found new readers, fellow authors, info from agents/editors, and an amazing wealth of websites with some awesome information.

Here’s some of the terrific links I found today:

Useful Google Tools You’ve Never Heard Of

10 Popular Myths About eBooks

How to Sleep & Daydream Your Way to Success

110 + Resources for Creative Minds

Why Twitter Matters to Online Publishers

100 Useful Web Tools for Writers

Enjoy!

Tina/Cassie

Today is my 6 year wedding anniversary and I just got back from a nice lunch with hubby to celebrate.  Now I’m playing on the computer and generally catching up on Twitter (I’m at @TinaGerow if you want to Tweet!), Facebook, MySpace and all my other technology networking sites

Angela James posted a link to a site where you can make yourself a Superhero, so of course, I couldn’t resist trying it out.  Check out the site, and here’s me as a superhero below.  What do you think?

For anyone who reads any of my blogs you know I’m a big fan of Matthew MacFadyen, who is a terrific British actor.  He’s also the guy I’ve based several of my hunkiest heroes (and even a few hunky villains) on

Today is his 34th birthday, so I thought I’d send him some happy birthday wishes.

If you have a chance, check out my favorite MM fan site at the link above on his name.

Tina/Cassie

Tonight is the Desert Rose Chapter of Romance Writers of America‘s annual Membership Appreciation dinner.

Each year the dinner is at a different very nice location and involves a sit down dinner, entertainment, awards and a great evening. This year, however, I’m extra excited to go.

I’ve lived in Arizona almost my entire life. We moved here when I was very young and after college I moved away to Texas for about ten years. But Arizona is the place I consider home. And as a little girl, I remember seeing a mansion perched up on a hill that we would drive by and I always wanted to go inside. Of course, I thought it was a castle and imagined some type of royalty living there in the pretty building surrounded by large saguaro cacti.

As I got older, I found out it was called the Wrigley Mansion, built by Chewing Gum Magnate, William Wrigley, Jr. in 1932. It’s mostly used for weddings, large meetings and posh corporate events, so even as long as I’ve lived here, I’ve never been inside.

So, like I said, I’m excited about tonight! And, of course, I just went out to their website to link it and found out that they have a happy hour Friday and Saturday nights and a great Sunday brunch!! So, all this time, I could’ve gone without waiting for an event. LOL. Things that make you go, hmmm. Oh well, still excited about tonight! I’ll have to let you know how it goes.

Tina/Cassie