Today, I will be flying to Denver to attend the ICRS show through Wednesday morning. Don't know what ICRS is? I'm not much of an expert myself, since it's my first one. But it's basically a giant retail trade show for the Christian retail industry. While there, I'll be able to meet a number of folks I've come to know fairly well online, but have never met in person: Brandilyn Collins, Robin Parrish, Deeanne Gist, Claudia Mair Burney, and many others. Even better, I'll be able to meet a lot of new people within CBA publishing and retailing. Hey, I like to make new friends. I'll also be attending the Christy Awards this evening, and rooting for fellow Bethany House authors, as well as friends such as Bob Liparulo, to do well. (In fact, I think I'll bring along my copy of "River Rising" in hopes that I can get Athol Dickson to sign it.)

Now then. If you're in Denver, or if you'll be at the ICRS show specifically, do drop me an email and we'll have coffee. We'll chat. No big whoop. If you are at ICRS, I'll be signing copies of WAKING LAZARUS at the Baker/Bethany House booth (#3423, if I remember correctly) on Tuesday afternoon from 1:30 to 2:00.

I'm hoping to log in a couple times and post updates on what's happening--maybe even do an interview or two with folks at the conference. Stay tuned.