Howdy!

The 'China Dolls' took a visit down to the good ole' South this past weekend to attend the RWA Writer's Conference and to speak at three other book events. We spoke at the conference on a panel about multicultural fiction with two other talented authors: Nadine Dajani (Fashionably Late) and Cathy Yardley (Will Write For Shoes). We had a nice crowd of people come to the event including another fellow multicultural chiclit author Dona Sarkar-Mishra, whose book 'How to Salsa in a Sari' comes out in January 2008. Congratulations Dona!! It was so nice to finally see you!

For those of you who have never been to or heard of an RWA Conference, it's a place where romance and women's fiction writers all get together to share ideas, network and talk about their work and show it off! During our stay in Dallas, there seemed to be many other conferences going on as well and I think the most exciting conference other than the one that we were at was the Women's Peace Conference taking place at the Adam's Mark Hotel. Every night, we would find dancing and laughing at the Adam's Mark Conference room. In many ways, Blossom and I wanted to participate but were just too tired from our own festivities. We would just watch and be in awe!

The trip started off dramatic. We got off the plane at DFW airport at 11:30 AM and had to rush to get our rental car to try and make an event with the Dallas Bar Association at 1 PM. Luckily with my speed demon driving, we got to the Belo Mansion with a few minutes to spare and got a chance to meet a bunch of lovely lawyers. It was refreshing to see a bunch of attorneys sit down and enjoy lunch during lunch time unlike the lawyers we see in New York!

In addition to the conference and last but not least, Blossom and I felt quite honored to speak at a wonderful APEX/GDAACC event sponsored by State Farm Insurance. Angela Lang, the president of Asian Professional Exchange (Dallas), is one of the sweetest people that we've ever met. The event was held at the AIJA Restaurant in downtown Dallas and it was one of the nicest events that we've ever done. Over one hundred people filled the room and we could feel the warmth and welcome from everyone.

Here are some of the pictures from the event taken by a fantastic APEX member and photographer Scott Boriboun.


All for us? How cool!


We're excited to meet new friends!


Angela Lang, the president of APEX, introduces us and says some kinds words.


China Dolls is 'Something to talk about'....


So glad people were listening!


The 'China Dolls' with Scott, the fabulous photographer responsible for these lovely event photos.


Thank you State Farm for sponsoring the event!!!

 

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