Welcome to Dallas!

Rosemary Clement-Moore: meet up with other YA authors
Debora Dennis Mills: first time at National
Maureen Child: another approach to packing
DeeCee Talks: who kills her husband in every book?
The Pink Heart Society: time zones from around the world to plan when to check in at the RWA site
The Little Pink Clubhouse: spotting friends and colleagues
Mel-O-Drama: one night drinking, and this is what happens ...
Being Bonnie Vanak: the wonders of Tide stain sticks
Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Novels: the time and place for a meet-up has been set
Mess in Progress: how booked is your schedule?
Smarmy and Self-Satisfied: low-minded article on the conference -- the pinched cover from Longmire was my first clue (a funny web page, but not exactly a primary resource for writing about the romance genre with any pretense towards intelligence or integrity) /rant
Mel-O-Drama: Mel survives Tower of Terror on the flight and then takes the airport author circle ride with .......
Fiona Harper: made it to Dallas and tried that special "ice cream" on her pancakes
Title Wave: the days ahead
Wild Rose Press: stuff to do in Dallas courtesy of the multiblogging Sonja :)
DeeCee Talks: will relations with Britain ever be repaired?
Dishing with the Divas: Candice promises pics from Dallas
In the Bookroom: dazzling in Dallas
Romance Reviews Today: has a link to the RWA chat on Friday the 13th
New look for RWA site: nice! that explains why the site was down in the wee hours of the morning (no redirects on subpages, so if you linked anywhere in the site but the home page, your links may be broken as mine were)
RWA National Official Blogs: looks very nice, still just the schedule up, comments not yet functional (as of 11 am EST) or they are working, but I couldn't comment because I couldn't get the second log-in to work.
Shari's thoughts on writing and life: is it a bad sign when you start packing room freshner?
Sandy's Chatterblog: a brief review of the hotel, the room, the view, the food
Mess in Progress: why National?
Romancing the Blog: nice set'o'links for those not attending National
Tales of Intrigue, Danger, Romance, and Boredom: off to see the wizard
Suzanne McMinn: stalking the famous author (h/t Sonja)
Paperback Writer: second year of doing virtual workshops during National
Dear Author: four readers in a sea of writers, stay tuned for what they find out
The Writing Playground: off to National!
Maddie James: one more day! (scroll down past book trailer to view post)
Being Bonnie Vanak: the value of a good briefcase (for those of you reading from work, the post contains a photo of what appears to be a nude model behind a briefcase)

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