Acting as our US Romance Correspondent, Booktopia’s Romance Specialist Haylee Nash stops into Nashville to sit on a Bookseller & Librarian Panel for the members of the Music City Romance Writers…plus some other stuff…
A week and a half (and several additional kilos) into my American tour, I stopped in the gorgeous historic town of Franklin to meet with the Music City Romance Writers of Nashville, a dynamic and successful chapter of the Romance Writers of America. A couple of other brilliant things happened too, like a karaoke evening, drinks with a Grammy nominated artist and a restorative lunch at Chili’s.
Here’s the recap – in pictures – which will give you a far better idea of my experience of Nashville than any written blog I could possibly string together. Feel free to fill the blanks between photos any way you like.
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- 2pm: Lunch. Yep, that’s cheese-covered fries served with ranch dipping sauce. Amazing.
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- 3pm: A Dragonfruit Mojito at the rooftop bar of ‘Rock Bottom’ hotel. A sign of things to come?
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- 3:30pm: Husband Dan and the beer-tasting plate
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- 6pm: My friend Ben and the King
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- 10:30pm: Hanging with Grammy-nominated Miss Amy
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- 11:00pm: Miss Amy and the community singers. Most talented karaoke ever.
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- 11:30pm: Singing Jewel’s ‘Foolish Games’ in our hotel’s karaoke bar – 11:30pm
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- 12am: Room service… the 3rd kind of Mac and Cheese I’ve had in the US
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- 11:00 am next day: Discussing trends in romance and how authors can best promote their work
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- 11:30 am: Flanked by two very knowledgeable librarians
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- 12pm: Gifts from awesome YA author C.J. Redwine for being on the panel. So cool!
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- 2pm: Lunch with the MCRW at Chili’s. P.S. I love Chili’s.
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- 2:15pm: 4th Mac and Cheese. PPS I REALLY love Mac and Cheese.
Many thanks to the Music City Romance Writers, specifically Susan Bickford for the tour of Franklin, and Monica McCabe for the lift home, Kim Law and C.J. Redwine for inviting me to the panel and Nashville for having us!
Haylee Nash is Romance Specialist at Booktopia and, by now, is about 80% Mac and Cheese.
Comments
September 26, 2013 at 10:18 pm
Jealous! Looks like you’re having a fab time!