I'm back from Phoenix, my fourth GCLS con. All of them have been fun, but bringing home the hardware makes this one extra special. I was thrilled to win a Goldie Award for Out of Love, and what a treat to show mine off alongside Karin Kallmaker's, for her erotica anthology with Radclyffe, In Deep Waters I. Congratulations to all the winners, but especially to KE Lane, who racked up three awards in one night!

The convention kept us hopping from the moment we entered the Meet & Greet on Wednesday through the business meeting on Sunday. Thanks to all for turning out for the Coffee Chat (with the very entertaining Lisa Girolami, author of Love on Location) first thing Thursday morning, and for Friday's session on Website design. I could have gone on for hours with that one. The self-publishing session turned out great, thanks to my co-presenters, Cleo Dare & Renee Bass. We locked the doors and had a frank discussion of the pros & cons.

If you've never attended a GCLS con, I encourage you to make plans to join us in 2009.  As an author, the con gives me three things I can't seem to find anywhere else: the chance to interact (as in chat, dine & play on the waterslide) with dozens of readers, the opportunity to mingle with colleagues, and the occasion to soak up the stories & lessons of luminaries in lesbian fiction, like Katherine V Forrest, Ellen Hart, & Lee Lynch.

I have dozens of stories to share over the next few weeks, and I'll be posting pictures on the Events page as soon as I get everyone's official okey-dokey.