What can I say? It was AWESOME. I have a million photos of the amazing Festival of Romance last weekend. Not all of them came out too well owing to some very pink lighting… but here are the highlights. Oh, and in case you haven’t heard/seen: I sang. Yup, my friends, I sang a bit of a favourite rock song to introduce my reading of Sophie’s Turn. And to prove it… there’s videographic evidence!
Friday night:
Romance and Award Gala
Getting ready to party with my room-mate, Sheryl Browne
Carol Wyer, Linn Halton, me and Kim Maya Sutton waiting for our dinner
The Romaniacs!!!
C’mon, shake a leg!
Give it up for Lady B and her amazing award!!
Ole! Photo courtesy of the lovely Sheryl Browne ~ thank you!
Me and my writing buddy, the lovely Sue Fortin! (And yes, those are magic hands!)
The Romance Fair
Loveahappyending.com ~ we’re here, for sure!
Ooooh, and look at our romance shelf! AWESOME!
UK Sapphire Star Publishing Sisters ~ having a fantabulous time!
…and there were random skits, of the Regency persuasion. Fantastic! They kissed!
Delighted to finally meet my Twitter and FB friend, Joanne Phillips….
… as well as fabulous reviewer and blogger friend, Dizzy (aka Carol Wright)…
…and the wonderful Talli Roland!
The Rock Star Party!!
Mandy, Sheryl and I ~ ready to rock!
Hooray! Connecting with outstanding blogger and super-strategic writer, the one and only Morgen Bailey.
Kate Allan, Festival organiser extraordinaire, reading at the Rock Star party
And finally… I couldn’t help myself. I had to sing!
I didn’t know I would burst into song when I picked up the mic at the afternoon reading. Honest! It just… happened.
…and here’s me, doing the same thing again at the Rock Star party at Rock City Art. Oh yeah! Photo courtesy of Linn Halton ~ thank you, sweetie!
Don’t believe me? See for yourself!
Video clip courtesy of Morgen Bailey: thank you for recording, uploading and sharing. You rock!
So here’s to next year: let’s do it again, baby!
Nicky Wells: Love & Thrills 