Countdown to the
Romantic Times Booklovers Conventions
I LOVE the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention. I have been to it 5 times and I’m getting ready to go again… I am so NOT ready. *head/desk* I’ve ordered swag and tshirts and stuffs. I’m still getting all my costumes together and trying to get my blog ready to kinda be without me while I’m at the con. I leave for Kansas City on April 29th and return May 5th. *happy dance*
But I thought I’d share the happy and give away some goodies I forgot about from last year. I have a canvas tote bag I dragged around with my and had a variety of super nice authors sign. It’s so pretty. 😉
(I have another one I’m keeping!)
Prize
- $25 Amazon or Barnes & Noble Gift Card
- Signed Tote Bag
- Various author’s SWAG
I have a tote bag signed by various authors who were in Chicago
at the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention 2012
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Ilona + Gordon Andrews
Heather Graham
Charlaine Harris
Deanna Wadsworth
Sabrina Jeffries
Leanna Rennee Hieber
Isabelle Drake
Lila Dubois
Beth Ciotta
Cassandra Carr
Cherry Adair
Dana Marie Bell
PJ Schnyder
Kimberly Lang
Alayna Williams
Rhian Cahill
Brynn Paulin
Carole Nelson Douglass
Stacey Kade
Mari Mancusi
Susanna Kearsley
Anne Elizabeth
Jade Lee
Jennifer Estep
Kassy Tayler
Ashlyn Chase
(Plus a few more I can’t decipher the handwriting!)
Rules: Contest is open April 15th-25th
Winner will be notified on the 26th
(If I hear back from the winner in time I will send out prize on the 27th-
otherwise it will be when I return from my trip)
International Entries Welcome!
Enter by using the Rafflecopter and leaving me a comment telling me:
What author would you would really really love to meet?
You may get other entries by following The Book Tart on Facebook/Twitter/Networked Blogs etc. But those aren’t mandatory. Further rules detailed in the Rafflecopter. *points down*
Good Luck!
(((hugs))) Kat
i want to meet Susan Elizabeth Phillips..
i love her books 🙂
thx u..
Thank you for stopping by! Susan Elizabeth Phillips is one of my favorite contemporary romance authors 😀 She took a pic with me cause she wanted to show her granddaughter my Strawberry Shortcake hair! lol I had LONG hair last convention.
(((hugs))) Kat
I would love to meet Alannah Lynne…..She just seems like my kind of person and being I met Kallypso Masters and Lexi Blake and J.M. Madden she is next on my list along with Kathleen Brooks!!!!
Great list!
I am getting such a kick seeing everyones favs.
(((hugs))) Kat
I would love to meet Cassandra Carr, Shayla Black and Kallypso Masters. I’m a HUGE fan if theirs and books are must-read for me. Thanks for giveaway.
Phuong!
I can’t wait to squeeze you and kermit flail with you at RT!
*smishes*
Kat
PS. I know at least a few of those ladies will be at RT 😀
Ack, there’s so many! I think I would love to meet Lauren Oliver because I just love her books! Thank you 🙂
Ooohhh! I haven’t read her. Thank you for the recommendation.
*mwah!*
Kat
There are a few but Carly Phillips’ would probably be at the top of the list.
Hi Sue! *waves madly*
I agree 😀 I haven’t met her yet and that would be wonderful
xoxo, Kat
I would love to meet AND be able to talk to for a few minutes Kate Douglas. I’m re-reading her DemonSlayers series and just love it.
awwww I love re-reading fav books.
Enjoy!
(((hugs))) Kat
wow… ummm I have a list Sherrilyn Kenyon, Cynthia Eden, Kallypso Masters, Lora Leigh, Ranae Rose, J.M Madden, Nora Roberts,Chloe Neill, Elle James, and so many others.
THAT is a very good list 😀 I met Kenyon (briefly!) in 2005 and she’s a hoot. I really really want to say hi to Nora Roberts someday.
Thanks for sharing your list, Kat
I got to meet Nora Roberts at RWA12 and got a signed book too 🙂
What an awesome giveaway! I love the signed tote bag. There are so many of my favorite authors on the list. One author I would really like to meet is Kim Harrison. I have read all of her Hollows series books.
Kim Harrison Hollows books are amazing. I would love her autograph too. 😉
(((hugs))) Kat
I am shy so I don’t know about meeting them, however, I would love to hear many of my favorite authors speak about their writing including Sherry Thomas, Tessa Dare, and Sarah MacLean.
Maria hon! Awwww Thanks for sharing. I like your list and agree, it would be nice to listen to fav authors talk about their writing 😀
(((hugs))) Kat
There are SO many authors that I would love to meet! Here are just a few of them: J.R. Ward, Jeaniene Frost, Pamela Palmer, Nalini Singh, Maya Banks, Laurie London, Karen Marie Moning, Lynsay Sands, Lara Adrian, Kresley Cole, Larissa Ione, and Sherrilyn Kenyon.
*Kermit flail* O O! yes, yes yes to all of them.
Actually, I’m tickled pink to meet all and any authors cause I love to read stories 😉
*mwah*
Kat
Judith McNaught would be one of them. Or JD Robb/Nora Roberts or even Veronica Roth! Thanks lots!
I re-read Judith McNaught’s Perfect at least once a year *sigh* I want another story from her… It would be a dream to meet her and Roberts.
xoxo, Kat
S.C. Stephens tops the list right now, just finished the Thoughtless series and was blown away.
Oooo So loving this! Another author to add to my pile. I haven’t read S.C. Stephens but it definitely sounds like I should!
(((hugs))) Kat
I WOULD LIKE TO MEET THESE AUTHORS PLUS ALOT MORE ANNE ELIZABETH, HEATHER GRAHAM,KIM HARRISON,SHERRILYN KENYON,CAROLYN HAINES.THANKS FOR THE GIVEAWAY! calicolady60@hotmail.com
Yay! I am so happy that ya’ll are with me in the fan girling of the authors. I am a teeny weeny bit excited to meet anyone who tells stories.
xoxo, Kat
SO many, Kat! Shelly Laurenston, SEP, Jennifer Crusie, Julia Quinn, Lisa Kleypas, Nalini Singh… and many I’ve “met” on-line but not in person–Carrie Lofty, Ann Aguirre, Mari Carr, Sarah Mayberry… that’s the very tip-top of the iceberg!
Have a wonderful time, and thanks for sharing with us!
Fedora! Hey darlin’
oooo loves that list! I met Shelly briefly and she’s as sweet and silly as you’d imagine. 😀 Meeting authors and telling them how much I love their stories is a highlight for me at these conventions.
*smishes*
Kat
I’d love to meet Ashlyn Chase. I love how she can make me laugh while reading. Thank you.
vsloboda(at)gmail(dot)com
Awwww! That is the best 😀 I love that feeling too.
Thanks for stopping by.
*mwah!*
Kat
I’ve met most of my favorite authors (I’ve been to author signings at RT once and RWA twice), but one I haven’t met yet is Cherie Priest, so I think it would be awesome to meet her.
oh! oh! are you coming to RT this year? I want to go RWA sometime too 😉
I love meeting all the storytellers who bring be such happiness.
(((hugs))) Kat
I would love to meet Beth Ciotta and Heather Grahamn,…Of course I would like meeting any of them, I think I would be in a book junky heaven!
Beth is my boo! I loves loves loves her! She’s a darling 😉 I hope you get a chance someday.
*mwah!*
Kat
Out of the list that is up there, definitely Susan Elizabeth Phillips! She’s my favorite comedic author. I always find myself giggling alone in my room while reading her books! Out of any author ever??? Either Jane Austen or Diana Gabaldon! Both are amazing at creating a compelling plot!
mestith at gmail dot com
SEP rocks! I would love to meet Gabaldon too… She wrote Jamie *swoon*
xoxo
Kat
I’d love to meet Cynthia Eden, Lauren Dane, Shiloh Walker, Lora Leigh, Lorelei James, Emma Holly, Karen Marie Moning and Kit Rocha!
*squee!* great list!
I’ve only met Shiloh and she’s amazing. 😉
xoxo, Kat
Susan Mallery
Toni Blake
Robyn Carr
Jill Shalvis
to name a few.
I would love to meet Beth Ciotta. She is so sweet.
My signing story: I went to the RWA signing last year, but I had a big panic attack! I couldn’t approach any of my favorite authors — or anyauthors at all, really… I just kept wandering the aisles, not making eye contact. Because even though they’re JUST PEOPLE (as I kept telling myself), they’re the people who’ve written some of my favorite worlds and characters. They’re the gods of the worlds where I go to escape! I went and sat by a wall & gave myself a pep talk until I got back on my feet, and then I did more of the no-eye-contact thing through the aisles.
Finally, as I wandered, I saw Jenn Bennett — she looked approachable and nice, so I walked up and stammered something & said I was shaking cuz I was so panicky. And she talked to me & hugged me and told me that I didn’t *have* to be coherent about why I loved the books. Just the love was fabulous to hear about.
So I tried again. And I did get several books signed by several authors, and whew! I lived. :p
This is just a long-winded way of saying, I dunno who I’d want to meet. Cuz I’m pretty sure I’d devolve into that panicky, shaky gal again. And no one needs that! 😉
Hey Darlin’
Oh! I adore you to the muchness! lol I love your story and I’m so glad you made eye contact and met Jenn Bennett (I’m looking forward to meeting her in person myself) I actually screeched at Vicki Pettersson in an elevator when I saw her name tag at RT 2007 lol She said I was her first stalker. 😛 I kinda to get overexcited and *Kermit Flail* around storytellers… cause like you said, they are the gods, creators, of the worlds we love!
I think you’re way is less scary to them 🙂 They prolly think I’m a crazy loon!
((((hugs))) Kat
All the m/m authors would be so much fun to meet, especially Tara Lain, Cassandra Carr (we could talk hockey!), Daisy Harris (her blog tours are always so informative and hilarious), Marie Sexton, Heidi Cullinan, ZA Maxfield, Damon Suede…
I adore Cassandra Carr (only met her on FB and Twitter) This time around at RT I am determined to be more social… I’ve actually been kinda shy and not met many people even though this will be my 6th RT!
(((hugs))) Kat
I would love to meet them all but maybe Ilona and Gordon Andrews, since I love their blog.
I wish I could go to the conference. Some day!
Oh! Yes *nods* I hope you get to a convention someday soon too. I have a blast, but always need a vacation from my vacation. lol Doesn’t quite work out that way with my work 😛
xoxo, Kat
There are so many wonderful authors that I would love to meet or hear speak about their passion and craft that I can’t possibly write them all down. Here’s a good start on my favourites list: JR Ward, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Nalini Singh, Kresley Cole, Kristen Ashley, Eve Silver, Molly O’Keefe… OK, I’m only stopping because I’ll be here all night if I don’t! 😉
Renee! rotflol My kinda girl *nods* Yep. I have a mountain of authors I would love to tell to their face how much I love reading their stories too.
*mwah* Kat
I’ve been fortunate to meet some of my favorite authors at conventions or book signings. Others at the top of my list are Patricia Briggs, Ilona (and Gordon) Andrews, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Jeaniene Frost, Grace Burrowes, Larissa Ione, Karen Moning, Nora Roberts, Elisabeth Naughton, Lynsay Sands, Kerrelyn Sparks, and Elizabeth Hoyt.
Oh! Oh! I am having so much fun reading everyone’s dream meets 😉 I like your list.
xoxo, Kat
So many great authors to choose from. I would love to meet them all, but Rhian Cahill is my choice. lisagk(at)yahoo
Awww I have only met her on twitter and she’s a darling! My Maid of Tarts is a Lisa too 😀 and she collected most of the signatures on the tote bag.
(((hugs))) Kat
I’ve been very fortunate in that I’ve met a LOT of my favorite authors. Two on my list still to meet, though, are J R Ward, and Sarah Addison Allen. Very different authors, but both are incredible.
I would love to meet Laurell K Hamilton. I really enjoy her books and she sounds like a blast to hang with.
Oh oh! I listened to her talk in a workshop for Dragon Con in 2010. She is so fun to listen to 🙂
xoxo, Kat
I would love to meet Laura Bickle.
I wish I could go to the RTB Convention since it is here in my hometown and meet all the authors . But it is to hard for me to walk around anymore, so I will have to miss it . Would love to meet them all.
Oh hon 🙁 I wish you could too! I am rather in awe of authors. They are our rock stars!
(((Hugs)))
Kat
I want to meet Jim butcher. Hope that’s all I’m supposed to say.
hi! Lila’s Farm Boy 😀 I think my rafflecotper was broken so I’ll add you manually to it as soon as I get a chance.
I might just hug you at RT. 😛
Kat
I keep re-loading this webpage but Rafflecopter won’t work for me so I hope you might enter me through my comment. I would love to meet Kim Harrison, Faith Hunter and Dakota Cassidy. Have fun at the convention and thanks for the giveaway!
Sorry hon! I fixed it and will add you manually to the rafflecopter as soon as I’m on break.
(((hugs))) Kat
Can’t find the rafflecopter 🙁 but to join in …. I would love to meet R.k. Lilla or Christa Cervone … and of course Jodi Ellen Malpas…..
aaggh!
I am so sorry. I fixed it. As soon as I’m on a break from work I will add you to the rafflecopter.
(((hugs))) Kat
I’d like to meet Suzanne Collins. Thanks!
Hi Katie 😀
Thank you for sharing 😀 I love to meet authors and tell them how much their stories mean to me.
xoxo, Kat
Have fun at RT!!! I’d so love to go to another one. 🙂
Especially since I hear it’s totally different from when I went!
As to an author I want to meet – Lisa Kleypas. Even more, to actually hang out with her, you know? Because really, especially at signings, you don’t get time with people. And then some authors are better than others when it’s an open settings.
I’ve heard awesome things about her though! (And of course I love her books!)
Hi hon 🙂
Thank you! I am so happy I get to go… I thought it wouldn’t work out this year. But it did!
Oh *sigh* I absolutely LOVE Kleypas too… I agree, it would be wonderful to just hang out with fav authors…
(((hugs))) Kat
I would love to meet Sherrilyn Kenyon, JR Ward, Deborah Cooke, Jill Shalvis, Lori Foster! Lauren Dane and Maya Banks. Those are just a few.
That is a great list 😀 I second it lol
xoxo Kat
I would love to meet Lisa Marie Rice and Jill Sorenson. Thanks for the giveaway, Kat.
awww Jane! You are so welcome 😀 I met Kenyon briefly in 2005 and she’s a darlin’ Love the Dark Hunters too!
(((hugs))) Kat
I have always wanted to meet Laurell K. Hamilton. I have been reading her books since college and she seems so awesome.
I’ve listened to her talk (on panels at Dragon Con) She’s amazing!
(((hugs))) Kat
I would love to meet Tamora Pierce, Maria V Snyder, or Kristin Cashore. They are all fantastic writers who I would definitely be thrilled to experience.
Yay! Thank you for sharing and I’ve added Synder and Cashore to my look up list lol I do like Pierce a lot!
xoxo, Kat
Charlaine Harris 🙂
Oh! Oh! I am so excited to see how she wraps up the Sookie series…. Have you read her Harper Connelly books? Those are my fav I think 😀
((((hugs))) Kat
I would love to meet Heather Rainier, Katie Reus, Maisey Yates, Julie James and many more.
lol I know I know! There are so many authors I adore too! Thanks for sharing.
(((hugs))) Kat
why oh why do we have to pick one……I can’t choose…So I will have a party and invite them all….
I would love to meet Stephen King he is a freaky dude Thanks Carin
I Would LOVE To Meet John Irving !!!!
I would really really would like to meet Julia Quinn and Lisa Kleypas. Reading their books is what got me reading romance again. XD
Oh my gosh there are so many I would love to meet! Jeaniene Frost, Pamela Palmer, JR Ward, Cate Dean, Yasmine Galenorn, PC Cast …..this list could go on and on lol
I would really love to meet JR Ward, Colleen Hoover, Elizabeth Reyes, and S.C. Stephens. Those are my favorite authors and I’ve read ALL of their books! 🙂
I would love to meet Jayne Rylon, Mari Carr, Lexxie Couper, Jess Dee, Kallypso Masters, Rhian Cahill, Cari Quinn, Cassandra Carr, R G Alexander, Eden Bradley & a ton of others. Have fun at the convention
Hey Lisa 😀
Thanks hon! I am very excited about this year… and kinda freaking out too. I can’t wait to tell ya’ll about it after.
*mwah* Kat
Third time a charm???
Easy answer: all of them
Names: JR Ward, Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon, Jess Dee, Rhian Cahill, Jambrea Jo Jones, Lila Dubois, Bianca D’Arc, Dana Marie Bell, Cassandra Carr, Eden Bradley, RG Alexander, Crystal Jordan, Robin L Rotham, Kate Pearce, Cari Quinn, LA Witt/Lauren Gallagher, Carol Lynne, Joyee Flynn, Gabrielle Evans, Stormy Glenn, JC Wells, Lex Couper, Lex Valentine. That is just my short list. Then there are the bloggers: You, Kitty Kelly, DayDreaming Dawn, Froggirita, Limecello, Mama Kitty, and Wicked Lil Pixie. =)
OMG Bobbie! That is your short list? lol I love it 😀 I will meet you someday hon and hugging will commence!
xoxo, Kat
Oh wow who’d I like to meet… Oh so many but to name the ones off the top if my head would be JR Ward, Christine feehan and Lisa keypas!
Ohhh great list! *sigh* I so wanna meet Kleypas. She’s one of my all time fav historical romance writers.
(((hugs))) Kat
I would like to meet Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Karen Marie Moning, Tammara Webber, Rachel Vincent and Cassandra Clare!
Thank you for the giveaway!
I LOVE your list! It was a dream come true to meet SEP (briefly) last RT 🙂
xoxo, Kat
Kitty Kelly first and then all of my favorites thank you
Are you going to RT too? woohooo!
Find me and say hi 🙂 I’m a hugger
Kat
Tymber Dalton
*waves* Hi! Thank you for visiting The Book Tart 😀
Kat
There are a lot of authors I’d like to meet – but among those listed in the prize package, I would love to spend a little time with Charlaine Harris!
Thanks for hosting such a great giveaway 🙂
lol You are welcome 😀 I was going through my stuff to get ready for RT and remembered that I forgot to do this giveaway… so NOW is perfect 😉
(((hugs))) Kat
Abby Glines
Julie Kagawa, Kresley Cole or Gena Showalter! 🙂
I have to pick one?!
Er…um…Jim Butcher. On that list above? Stacey Kade, Charlene Harris to name a few. 😀
It is hard to pick just one I would like to meet they are all wonderful! 🙂
I’d love to meet Karen Marie Moning. I just met Jeaniene Frost last month and she was wonderful. What a great experience.
I would LOVE to meet Cherise Sinclair, Kallypso Masters, Donna Grant, Dana Marie Bell and Kendra Elliot.
I would love to meet Charlaine Harris. My uncle is friends with her and met her through a local Arkansas tv station. I never got the chance to make the trip to meet her. So she would be the one I want to meet.
I would love to meet Jill Shalvis. Reading her blog posts & FB updates always makes me smile. She seems like a really fun person!
Living or dead authors? P. G. Wodehouse perhaps, if he were alive.
Awesome
I would love to meet Dana Marie Bell I love her books and I would kill to have a book or bag signed by her. X
I’d love to meet Jaci Burton, Gena Showalter, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Lora Leigh, Lauren Dane, Donna Grant, Karen Marie Moning, Jill Shalvis and J.R. Ward. I’m going to try and go to RT on Saturday…maybe I’ll see you there! 🙂
I would love to meet Colleen Hoover! She is an amazing author and be books are fabulous!
There are so many authors I would love to meet, but from this list I would have to choose Heather Graham.
I would love to Colleen Hoover! Wonderful giveaway! 🙂
Dana Marie Bell is my favorite author with The Grey Court series. I would love to meet her!
I grew up as a huge horror novel fan and would love to meet Dean R Koontz. But out of today’s popular authors, I’d really enjoy meeting Veronica Roth. My husband and daughter both read her books after I finished them, and we can’t wait for the 3rd book and movie to come out!
I have a long list but one of them is Nora Roberts. My mom and I have been reading her books for many, many years. Both of us are really big fans!
Can’t wait to see you next week Kat!!! Plus I’m so looking forward to meeting Julie Garwood & Jude Devereaux… I’ve never met them before!
I really wanted to go this year and combine it with a visit with family (cousin and his children who I haven’t seen in many years) but wasn’t able to. …sigh… There are so many authors I would love to meet, jill Shalvis, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Carly Phillips, Lori Foster, Kristan Higgins, etc., Really, just turn me loose to mingle…
Out of your list above, if I HAD to pick only one, I say Ilona + Gordon Andrews. My real wish list would be too long … lol. Thanks!
I would love to meet Mandy Roth, Janet Evanavich and to many more to mention!!!
I’d love to meet Colleen Hoover or Jennifer Armentrout! Thanks!
I want to meet Dana Marie Bell!