It's been a fabulous weekend.
I was invited by the delightful Margaret Fenton to participate in her "Murder in the Magic City" annual event in Birmingham and it could not have been any nicer!
On the way to Birmingham, we drove over Rich Mountain and had to stop and take a few pictures of the hoar frost. It felt like we were driving through a snow globe. Gorgeous!
The event started with a reception at the hotel.
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| Me and Margaret Fenton |
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| Mike Orenduff, Flo Fitzpatrick and Lynda Fenton |
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| Karen Cunningham, Margaret Fenton and Sheila Lawrence |
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| Denise Swanson, Jennifer Brooks and Jennifer's sweet dad |
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| Toni Kelner/Leigh Perry, James M. Jackson and Brenda Witchger/Brynn Bonner |
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| Robert Dugoni, Paula Benson, Bert Goolsby |
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| Linda McCracken, Jane Tesh, Dee Phelps |
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| Dee Phelps, Mike Orenduff, Lai Orenduff, me |
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| Kaye Barley, Dee Phelps, Toni Kelner |
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Dee Phelps
Big Day for Dee - it was pub day for her "The Disappointment Room" |
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| me and Dee |
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| Dee Phelps, Denise Swanson, Toni Kelner |
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| And, of course, Harley was there too! |
The next day was
"Murder in the Magic City"
in the
Homewood Library
It was a terrific event and a good time was had by all
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Mike Orenduff, Don Bruns, me and Kathleen Delaney
I was moderating the panel "Murder: In Four Courses with Cocktails |
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| Jennifer Brooks and Flo Fitzpatrick |
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| Jaden Terrell and Ellis Vidler |
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| Polly Iyer, Linda Lovely, Neil Plakcy, Mike Orenduff |
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| me, Jennifer Brooks, Don Bruns, Kathleen Delaney |
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| Kaye George and Toni Kelner |
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| Denis Swanson |
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| James J. Jackson and Toni Kelner |
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| Toni Kelner, me, and Julia Spencer-Fleming |
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| me and Brynn Bonner |
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| Dee Phelps, Jaden Terrell, Stacy Allen, me and Jennifer Brooks |
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| Robert Dugoni |
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| me and Mike Orenduff |
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Jane Tesh, Brynn Bonner, Flo Fitzpatrick, Dee Phelps and Karen Cunningham
Murder: In Time Panel |
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| Neil Plakcy and Polly Iyer |
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| Dee Phelps and Brynn Bonner |
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| me, Jennifer, Don and Kathleen |
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Now this was fun!
This is Susan.
Susan and friends drive to this event from Atlanta every year.
And, she recognized my name from DorothyL and wanted to say "Hey!" |
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This is Lynda Fenton
Lynda was responsible for putting together the gift baskets for auction and
they were incredible! |
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| Dee and Me |
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| The Whole Group |
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| Steve Herring our Delightful Official Photographer |
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| Brynn Bonner/Brenda Witchger and her husband Bob (Delightful Unofficial Photographer) |
And then - - -
Dinner!
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| Polly Iyer, Linda Lovely and Kathleen Delaney |
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| Stacy Allen and husband |
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| Kaye George and husband George |
And the next day -
Murder on the Menu
in
Wetumpka, AL
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| Tammy and Margaret |
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me, Linda Lovely, Neil Plakcy, Denise Swanson and Don Bruns
"I Don't Know These People! Building Great Characters from Scratch . . . Or Not" Panel |
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| Jaden and Dee |
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| Jane |
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| Don |
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| Dee and Bert Goolsby |
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| me and Ellis |
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| Jaden, Toni and Polly |
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me and Dee
And the final highlight of a perfect weekend
Donald's parents threw Donald and his brother Steve a family birthday dinner |
and I thank Linda McCracken, Toni Kelner and Kaye George for getting me there!
My thanks to Steve Herring and to Bob Witchger for allowing me to use some of their photos.
Thanks, guys!!!!!
10 comments:
Wonderful retrospective! Thanks for sharing. So good to meet you. Wishing you happy writing.
My gosh, I think you got a picture of every single author!! What a wonderful post!
Love the photos, Kaye. Almost like being there! Especially happy to see photos of Kathleen Delaney. We did a book signing together in Bakersfield years ago when she published her first book, but I lost track of her until I found her recently on FaceBook. Catching up with her now on blogs such as yours. Many thanks for sharing!
Wonderful photos, Kaye. Thanks for sharing. It was fun, wasn't it?
I always seemed to forget to pull my camera out--too busy chatting. So I was delighted to see all the wonderful photos that were shared. One of the best author events I've attended. Great spending some time with you.
Looks like you had a fine time!
Lots of familiar faces. Looks like a grand time was had by all. Thanks for sharing!
Looks like you had a blast. Love all the photos.
You know what's wrong with your pictures? I'm not in any of them! I'm still crying about having to cancel out at the last minute. I hope next year we can finally get together.
Kaye, great pictures! I love seeing everyone again and reliving the good times. Sitting with you and Neil at the last signing was a pleasure--you're good company, lady!
And always, hugs to Harley. :-)
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