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Vegas, GTC, and an Absolutely Wonderful Cause

4/22/2015

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I just returned from a week in Vegas with my husband. With three four year olds at home, a week away seems like a dream in which we sleep in every morning, have dinner together where food is not thrown at us, and there is no screaming, fighting, or whining. 

The truth of the matter is that we definitely had lovely dinners, and we had a week free of four-year-old infighting. However, we did not sleep in. We were actually in Vegas for GTC 2015. If you follow my blog, you will remember from prior posts that I am an Arbonne consultant, and last week was our international conference. It was an amazing few days filled with inspirational speakers, amazing energy, and a chance to hang out with some of the most uplifting and inspiring people I have ever met. I came home incredibly energized and raring to go. I can use everything I learned, not just in my Arbonne business that I share with my husband Brian, but also in my writing (which as much as I want to say is art, I readily acknowledge that there is definitely a business component to it.).

Now, this Arbonne tangent does segue nicely into what I want to talk about. One of my favourite things about Arbonne is the company's dedication to helping people and giving back. Our CEO Kay Napier wants this company to be one that gives back as much as possible. This is something I believe in wholeheartedly. In that vein, I am currently involved in an amazing movement online right now. I don't know how many of you know about SB 101 in Indiana, in which they took the Religious Freedom Reformation Act enabling all businesses to refuse to serve anyone if they felt that it infringed on their religious freedom. Now, the law makers in question have said that this law is not based in bigotry, however, a little digging has shown that this is not the truth of the matter.

The owners of one pizza parlour in Indiana has said that they will be using this law to refuse service to the LGBTQ community. Public outcry forced them to close, but a subsequent fundraiser then raised the owners over $800,000.00 and they have since reopened.

I firmly believe in equality for all. Myself, my family, now and in the past have faced hatred and bigotry based on our religion, and for some members of our family, based upon their sexual orientation. Hatred and small mindedness angers me to no end, and for some people to have actually profited off of it sickens me.

In response, a group of 224 authors, bloggers, and publishers got together to raise funds and awareness for various LGBTQ charities. As we say: This isn't about pizza. It's about human rights. Come and support our efforts, donate, raise awareness, and earn a chance to win some fantastic books. Check out our efforts here: http://diversereader.blogspot.ca/2015/04/lgbtq-push-back-charity-giveaway.html Let's turn something hateful into a beautiful opportunity.
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Ad Astra and Book News

4/15/2015

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This past weekend I was at my first Ad Astra convention, and I had an amazing time. I got to spend the weekend as a panelist, and did a reading from my novel Sitnalta. The panels I participated in were: This Damsel Saves Herself- about female protagonists in Fantasy Fiction, Zombies as Window Dressing, and ReWriting Grimm, Aesop, and Anderson. It was a great time, and I actually liked being able to move around, see people on my own time without being tied to a table. 

The Friday of the convention, I did some cosplay. I also had an incident before the con even started which I am now working on turning into a short story. :) Let's just say it involves a dog, a sword, and a very confused police officer...

In other news, I finally completed all of my edits on The City of Arches. I love how this book turned out! It is definitely the longest one I've written, and it was very difficult to go through, as the book is what is essentially a prequel, I had to be very careful that I hadn't unintentionally caused any continuity issues. I had never been more thankful to be more of a plotter than a panther. All of my notes and plans came through for me in the end, and now the book is firmly out of my hands.

Now, I'm moving forward onto the next project. I have a plan for another novel set in the Sitnalta universe, however this one is going to look at the character of Ipsinki. All I'm going to say further is that things are going to be getting pretty interesting in his duchy outside of Colonodona's capitol. :)

And now, a look at this past weekend in which I had an amazing time, got to be on a panel with a couple of my writing heroes, and ultimately had a blast! (Also, please check out Nicole Lavigne's blog. Thanks to her, I actually got some picture of one of my panels.):
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Working hard on The City of Arches edits pre panel.
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My Pirate Deadpool cosplay
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Author Jen Frankel trying to figure out who's inside the Pirate Deadpool outfit
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The fairytale panel. I actually got to sit and do a panel with one of my writing heroes Charles De Lint! Photo credit goes to Nicole Lavigne who was in the audience and sent them to me.
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