Do you live within driving distance of the Minneapolis/St. Paul area?
Are you needing some time with like-minded folks combined with a few laughs to help you get through these difficult times?
If you answered “yes” to these two questions – then have I got a deal for you!!! We are actually planning a couple of get-togethers in the next month that you’ll want to learn more about.
First of all, many of you know that as of July 26th our very own Kelly McCullough will have his first full-length novel published. The title of the book is WebMage and Kelly is going to be at a book signing in the Twin Cities on Saturday, August 5th. We’re going to meet for brunch at 11:00 am and then go to the book signing, which will take place from 1-3.
Then on Saturday, August 12th we’ll meet in the afternoon for some “chatter” and go out to dinner together.
So far, our email group that is talking about this includes the following people:
Scribe
Anomalous
NorthDakotaDemocrat
Kelly McCullough
Conglomernation
Chimneyswift
NLinStPaul
So, if you’d like to join us at one or both of these events and have the opportunity to meet this great group of folks, send me an email. Don’t run the risk of waiting to see our exhuberant diaries after the event and be mad at yourself for missing out.
And stay tuned for the work maryb is doing to plan a meetup in Chicago in October!!
Don’t miss out – come join us. We’d love to mee you!!
Sounds like a fun group!
You’ll have a blast.
Take lots of pics!
Seeing as Nancy appears a bit too modest to request a Recommend for this diary, please allow me to be so bold as to do so myself – to get the word out to as many locals (or non-locals, as the case may be) as possible.
And heck…even if you’re within flying distance, please consider joining us!
(For anyone interested in joining us for brunch and Kelly’s book signing on August 5th – shoot me an e-mail, and I’ll send you detailed information about the location – which, btw, is Keys restaurant – a few blocks away from Northtown Mall, where Kelly will be promoting his book)
Good day!
Just a tip: if you happen to be catching a ride with Nancy, be ready to roll at least a half hour earlier than planned. (innocent grin)
Anomalous, it was SO great to meet you! So bright a light you are.
I used to collect turtles. Now I am collecting frogs and I can’t wait to meet more of you!
Thanks Scribe – back achta 100 fold!
(And yes, given the garbled cell phone message I received from Nancy….while..um..recharging my phone … in anticipation of a call from Nancy (hee!)….well…I don’t recall in memory having ever bolted out the door at such warp speed, thinking we were supposed to meet 1/2 an hour earlier than I had anticipated. (Ya know….that “very critical” 1/2 hour, after procrastinating all morning while catching up on e-mails until that last … possible … second ;^) Quite the exciting way to “quick-launch” a Sunday morning, I tell ya!) And yet….Nancy still found the time to watch and report on the talking heads for us, while still being 1/2 an hour ahead of our schedules. Over achiever, that one is! :^)
All worth it, of course – every millisecond of it, my friend – what an awe inspiring (and empowering) blessing to have you both enter my life!
good night!
OK you two, do you have to come in here after I go to bed and talk about me while I’m not here?!! So I was a little “over-eager” for this get-together and pushed up the meeting time a bit in my memory. So, sue me!!! LOL
Sue you? Oh dear….heavens no….I’d much prefer to embrace you, my friend. (It’s just that, given my background and life’s experiences, sometimes … just sometimes, my “embraces” present themselves in curious ways. ;^)
Wishing you a day full of serenity, Nancy. Ya never know – anything is possible (like, um, the timeliness of my arrival at destinations – which never seems to align with my own “eagerness”). Heck, had that been the case, I would have been waiting for you at the restaurant, long before they had opened the doors for the day. Really! :^)
All my best….
I just realized that I left someone off the list of people who will be attending.
Shirstars is promising to be with us in spirit and in the stars. Then again, I think she is actually everywhere. But with all of us gathered, I think her spirit will be a bit more concentrated – so don’t miss out on that.
at least the chatting part. Not as sure about the signing.
Are you going to talk about your book like they do at those gatherings they tape for cspan? And I’m wondering about the nerves factor – how are you doing?
I do panel discussions and reading at SF cons all the time, so no biggie. This will probably just be idle chat with whoever shows up, especially since there are going to be three of us, and Tate (Lyda) and Naomi are both folks I’ve been in writers group with for five years. But thanks for asking. BTW, I’ll be off line for most of the next three days do to travel, so if I don’t respond to something no worries.
Seeing as everything else seems to be in order, please allow me to wish you safe travels.
good night…….