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:
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"Party Girl" and "Delinquent" |
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"Artist," "The Fixer," and "Cheerleader" |
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Seriously?!? Deer in Headlights is not a good look for me. :/ |
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"Outcast" and (Julie? What did she pick?) |
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"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.