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March 26th, 2008
Wait…You’re Not Bill

As always, I come home bearing stories from the road trip of fun.

  • I presented at a librarianista conference and met some crazy-awesome people over at Teach Me Tonight who focus on scholarly evaluations of romance.
  • After the conference, I hug out with Eden Bradley and Lillian Feisty for a couple of days in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. Move over hippies, crazy smutkateer ladies coming through. If you’ve never seen Feisty and Eden in a vintage store shopathon–well, quiver in fear is all I’m saying.
  • And we terrified erotica author Donna George Storey when she came into the city for dinner. The Mexican food place Feisty took us to had awesome food and great sangria, but also a LOT of people shouting in a VERY small place. Fraternity members should not be allowed in public. Feisty and I also got the waggly eyebrow I-know-what-you-were-doing look from a few of them when we went into the bathroom together. In your wildly delusional dreams. We’re girls–did you honestly think we’d leave each other alone out there with YOU, frat boy? I think not! Smutkateers stick together!
  • I learned what topping from the bottom means. And if you know what that means…well, you know what that means.
  • I was desperately behind on my deadline for Kensington, so after hanging out with the girls, I went home to visit family and the Mad Madam M. Instead of sleeping in, I went to work with her and camped out in some guy named Bill’s office because he’s gone for the week and he said I could. I wrote like mad and am no longer behind. Last. Chapter. Hallelujah. But, the funny part was, every few hours someone would round the corner into the office, gets this horrified/dumbfounded look on their face, and blurt out, “Wait. You’re not Bill.” Well, no…not unless he had a sex change and plastic surgery to lose about 30 years (if the pictures of him and his wife in the office are anything to go by). Just call me Wilhelmina. Willa for short. Carry on about your business people, nothing to see here!
  • I got the official word that my mentee for the Romance Divas Mentor program is Jennifer Bianco. Yay! A new slave–uh, I mean, friend!
  • My fellow Passionate Inker, Sylvia Day, and my fellow Utah writer, RaeAnne Thayne, finalled in the RITAs! Plus, my fellow Diva, Amanda Brice, finalled in the Golden Hearts! You go girls! I love it when I have people to cheer for at these awards–it makes it so much more fun.

    • This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 at 7:18 pm and is filed under Librarianista, Life in General, Mad Madam M, Romance Divas, Writing. You can feed this entry. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

    9 comments to “Wait…You’re Not Bill”

    1. 1

      Just think how Bill is going to feel when people round the corner and say to him “You’re not Crystal”.

      by gwen hayes March 26th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
    2. 2

      Just call him Chris.

      by Crystal Jordan March 26th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
    3. 3

      Ok, Willa. Sounds like you had an eventful and productive vacation. :) I’m glad you’re back though. I’ve missed our conversations. ;)

      by Jennifer Bianco March 26th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
    4. 4

      She’s back! YAY!

      by R.G. Alexander March 26th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
    5. 5

      Oh, Wiiiillllaaa…

      Sounds like you had a wonderful trip! Congrats on getting all that writing done. Woot!

      by Debbie Mumford March 26th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
    6. 6

      Y’all are nuts. I’m glad to be back! Missed everyone like crazy!

      by Crystal Jordan March 26th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
    7. 7

      happy u learned what topping from the bottom meant and perhaps you learned a few other things.
      hugs,
      robin

      by robin March 26th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
    8. 8

      Hi Robin!

      Well, I’m always looking for educational experiences. ;)

      by Crystal Jordan March 27th, 2008 at 5:51 am
    9. 9

      LOL, I can totally picture the “Wait, you’re not Bill” people. I used to date a guy named Bill. I’m glad you’re not him. :)

      by aj March 27th, 2008 at 11:57 am


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