OMG! It's Like Totally The FIRST DAY OF THE CONFERENCE!

Last edit for today: 10 45 pm EST

RWA Official Blog: first posts up by Jill Limber, Suz Brockmann, Linda Howard, Carla Neggers.

Cuppacafe: photos from the first day
Mel-O-Drama: wine with Barbara Samuel
Little Pink Clubhouse: day one
Dear Author: official decisions on publisher recognition
Sonja Foust: Twitter entry at top of posts, plus photos and short posts via iPhone 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
Kara Lennox: you can quit your day job
Randy Writes Romance: getting to Dallas and then ants in the bed!

Fog City Divas: 1 | 2
The Pink Heart Society: tips, shipping books,
Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Novels: update for the Bitching Hour
My Life in Black and White and Sometimes Gray: the mythical Goody Room
DeeCee Talks: description and photo of loot from Goody Room; same for registration loot bag


Mel-O-Drama: promises of more cleavage and some photos
Dear Author: 1 | 2 -- whole feed here including short Twitter-like posts
Jenna's Romantic Notions: Day One and how to get into the Nora Master Writer class :)
Michelle Willingham: some pics of who she has seen so far
A Low Profile: slumming it in the Parlor Room
Suzanne McMinn: meeting up with friends
Harlequin American Romance Authors: four days of madness and the motivation to write


Plotters & Manipulators United: the much buzzed Thomas book should hit the Goody Room this afternoon
Being Bonnie Vanak: four pounds of shoes
The Mess in Progress: leaving on a jet plane
Musings from the Blonde Side: quick hello
Unusual Historicals: reasons to attend the conference


The Pink Heart Society: reposting this from yesterday because they have added first impressions under all the time/zone schedule info at top, so scroll, scroll, scroll! :)
Aleuromancy: arriving on Thursday with a manicure
Sonja Foust: tests out posting text and a photo from her iPhone
The Journey of Writer Danica Favorite: an otter on the tail
The Sisterhood of the Jaunty Quills: looking forward to the signing
Writing Playground: off to Dallas
Pub Rants: no rant today as the plane arrived on time :)
My Life in Black and White and Sometimes Gray: lost luggage (warning -- banner image is a little racy, Not Safe For Work (NSFW) for me at least)
At Home With Author Pamela Clare: schedule for National
Moods&Passions: arrived in Dallas
Jill Shalvis: the hotel will be filled with the two things Jill is most scared of :)
Beyond the Book: grateful for the small mercies, like no tornados
Debora Dennis Mills: ready set go
Paperback Writer: virtual workshop and links to others

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