Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

My hostess, Lynn, took me to the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Here I am eagerly anticipating the start of the show! We're going to see Big Bad Voodoo Daddy!

Cabot and Lynn got to meet Scotty Morris of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy! BBVD is an awesome band that plays swing music and Scotty is the lead vocalist/musician and one of the founders of the band. This picture was taken by the very kind man standing behind us in line. At the last moment, the batteries died in our camera and the man offered to take our picture an email it to us. Cheers, kind stranger! Notice how Scotty and I are wearing matching pin stripe!

Love, Monsters & Mythology

While Cabot has been gallivanting all over the place, I've been doing some interesting things as well. Yesterday I went to a book signing and met the author, Stephanie Dray who writes historical fiction and fantasy. She gave a wonderfully interesting talk about love and monsters and how those themes play a major role in mythology. Stephanie Dray has a new book out: Lily of the Nile, which tells the story of Selene, the daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony. Although Selene played a major role in history, she isn't really talked about. I can't wait to learn about her. While Lily of the Nile is a historical novel, Stephanie Dray also writes paranormal romances under the name Stephanie Draven. I'm looking forward to reading Poisoned Kisses, just in time for Valentine's Day!

Mystery!

Today I met Lisa Bork, author of the Broken Vows mystery series. For Better, For Murder is the first in the series which takes place in the Finger Lakes of New York. I can't wait to read it!

Author, Author!

I love to read, so I was thrilled when I heard that Lorna Barrett was having a book signing for her latest book in the Booktown Mystery series, Chapter and Hearse. I love this series-books, food, and murder in New England-what's not to love?!? Actually, Lorna Barrett is Lorraine Bartlett. Lorraine writes a few series. She writes the Booktown Mysteries as Lorna Barrett. She writes the Jeff Resnick Series under the name L.L. Bartlett and the upcoming Victoria Square Mysteries as Lorraine Bartlett. Lorraine, or Lorna, was kind enough to have her picture taken with me-look, she's even letting me help her sign!

Jason & Grant

Look! It's me with Grant and Jason from The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) and the TV show Ghost Hunters. Yes, these are the 2 special guests I met at Lily Dale. They gave a fun and informative talk.




My first glimpse of Jason & Grant.











Inside the Lily Dale Auditorium.












Patiently waiting my turn.

The wait was well worth it. Grant and Jason were really nice and I'm so glad I got to meet them. I look forward to watching their next season of Ghost Hunters on TV-they promised some more investigations in New York, so I'm looking forward to seeing what they discovered in my neck of the woods!