Saturday, January 21, 2012

Great author panel

So, with the exception of today which is only in the 50's, the weather has been beautiful here. Yesterday was in the high 70s and tomorrow promises to be another gorgeous day. In other news, I hear that you're all getting snow. That's a shame.
I just came from a great author panel: "Well, Slap my Knee: What's so Funny about Murder?", featuring authors of humorous mystery novels. The authors were Joanna Slan, Rachel Brady, Maria Hudgins, Rosemary Harris. They were hysterical and all had a great rapport with one another. For some reason, there was a large discussion about keeping dead frozen animals in the freezer, which may sound odd, but I thought was very enlightening. One of the authors mentioned that others will give mystery authors odd looks when they all discuss the various ways in which to murder people. Another author mentioned that her husband is extremely well behaved, knowing that she knows how to off people! (Obviously, this was all done in gest). I ended up finding myself sitting near former Channel 7 reporter, Hank Phillippi Ryan, herself a mystery writer. She actually is appearing on other mystery author panel. It was exciting to recognize a Boston celebrity in Dallas!

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