Amazing Weekend!

October 15, 2012

Saturday night was AMAZING! I cannot express enough how much I love these women and how special I feel that most of them drove two hours down from LA to me in San Diego to come to my writer's dinner. We had wine, fruitful conversations, wine, delicious eats and plenty of giggles...did I mention wine?

Here are the women who came:

(Left to right: LK Garner-Griffe, Gretchen Schreiber, Melissa Buel, Leslie Rose, Liz Briggs, Ara Burklund, Julie Musil, Amaris Glass, Janelle Alexander, and Jessica Love.)

I gave away a CD of my favorite music (I'll share in a post later this week,)an anthology of "Journey's of Wonder" (provided by one of the authors, Leslie Rose,) little party favor bags, themed around YA characters. Each bag had a nail polish, lip gloss, a Book Thongs I made, and a tin of word magnets:

Here are some more awesome pictures of the night:

"Party Girl" and "Delinquent"

"Artist," "The Fixer," and "Cheerleader"

Seriously?!? Deer in Headlights is not a good look for me. :/

"Outcast" and (Julie? What did she pick?)

"Bad Boy" and "Goodie Two Shoes"

What a great night! I can't wait to see all of you girls again. Much less to do this again next year. Thanks for all who came. I look forward to sharing this publishing journey with you.

8 comments

Melissa BuellOctober 15, 2012 at 1:54 PM
It was SO much fun!! :-) Thanks for having us, Dana! (And your house is amazing!!)
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GretchenOctober 15, 2012 at 4:36 PM
Second that Melissa! So much fun!
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Dana ElmendorfOctober 15, 2012 at 7:58 PM
Awesome night! Can't wait for next time.
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Jessica LoveOctober 15, 2012 at 10:36 PM
Awesome night...thanks so much for planning it and hosting us!
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Nicole McOctober 16, 2012 at 8:28 AM
So fun!!! Some day I'm coming!! :)
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Elizabeth BriggsOctober 16, 2012 at 8:33 AM
It was so much fun - can't wait for the next event!
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Ara BurklundOctober 17, 2012 at 10:44 PM
Such a great party, Dana! Thank you so much for working so hard to make it such a great night!!! It was great catching up with people and making new friends. : )
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Leslie S. RoseOctober 20, 2012 at 10:44 PM
Fab evening. Dana you are a perfecto hostess. I'm so honored to be in the company of such talent and wit. Long live Scribbler's Fork.
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