I have already told you about
getting to know Mia and now I am going to tell you a little story about meeting
her for the first time. Let me see if I remember the details.
I had been chatting with Mia for
about six or seven months when the idea of trying to get together came up. A group of us Righteous Perverts were talking
about the Romantic Times convention and how it was in Chicago that year. I live about three hours away and several
other Perverts lived close too so we all decided to try and meet up there. Now
if you have not been to RT I will just tell you that it is expensive. We all
decided to do just a day trip so we could go to the signing but really we were
all just looking for an excuse to get together.
I took the train and Sheri Vidal
and her spawn, Mikey picked me up at the station and we headed off to the
hotel. It was about a thirty minute drive and we just chatted away the same way
we do on Facebook. Did I mention this was the first time I also met Sheri. This is where things get fuzzy for me. I
remember getting to the hotel and we headed up to our room where the fourth
member of our party, Dawn was waiting. I called Mia and told her what room we
were in and she had to go to retrieve her bags from another author’s room where
she had stashed them when she arrived. While we were waiting on Mia, I called
our good friend Kris Cook and let him know we had arrived. While waiting we
realized that we had a smaller room that we were supposed to so Dawn went all
sweet and forceful on the hotel and we had to move to another room. Kris and cover artist Kendra Egert arrived in
our room and we all started chatting. We were having a good time just yappin
when there was a knock at the door. I went and opened it and there she was
standing there looking a bit nervous. MIA ASHLINN in the flesh. She came in and
hugs were exchanged and from that moment on there was no separating us. She was just like she was online….not. She is
actually kind of shy but you would never know it if you talk to her. I thought
she might pass out when she noticed all the other people in our room. I am sure it was a really overwhelming for
her because I had already met Kris, Dawn, and Kendra and I was a bit nervous. Once
Mia relaxed we had nothing but fun and she is very quick witted and says some
of the most lovably dorky things. We all hit it off and hung out just being
friends. We went to the autograph
signing and Kris kidnapped Mia and took her around to meet all these authors. I
think she was a bit shell shocked by Kris. He is one of our favorite authors
and one of the most wonderful people I have ever met but shy is one thing he is
not. The signing was fun and we met lots
of our favorite authors and we fell right into our friendship like we had met a
thousand times before.
We went out to dinner just the four
of us and Mikey. We were heading back to
our room after dinner when the most exciting thing happened. We passed Anne
Rice in the hallway. We all looked at each other and Dawn being Dawn she
stopped and turned around and asked Ms. Rice if we could get our pictures taken
with her. She was so sweet and her son was nice enough to take all the pictures
we wanted.
After we calmed down we went down
to the lounge and met up with some of the other Siren authors and just had a
great time. We talked way into the night and did a few touristy things on
Sunday before we all had to head home. We all had a great time and have met several times since that weekend and always had a great time.
That is the first time I had ever
met Mia and maybe next time I will tell you of the time I slept with her.
Sinfully Sarcastic,
Shmuttmeister
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