{"id":5652,"date":"2011-01-12T11:26:53","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T16:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/?p=5652"},"modified":"2011-01-12T11:26:53","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T16:26:53","slug":"exciting-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/12\/exciting-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting News!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEWS!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sooo excited!!! Yesterday I was asked to be the Keynote Speaker at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gccrwa.com\/silkensands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Silken Sands RWA Conference<\/strong><\/a> (Gulf Coast Chapter) March 16, 2012 in Pensacola, FL !!!! Seriously, how\u00a0 cool is that. I was more than flattered and of course I&#8217;m going. A wonderful weekend under blue skies and a warm balmy breeze when my state will still be shaking off winter&#8217;s cold.<\/p>\n<p>If you live anywhere close by and would love to join in what is going to be a fabulous weekend, with <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/beyondherbook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Barbara Vey<\/strong><\/a> from <strong>Publisher&#8217;s Weekly<\/strong> giving the Kickoff Speech, mark your calendars because we&#8217;re also going to have a lot of <strong>THE SEASON<\/strong> kind of fun, which means lots of books will be given away and there will be tons of fun to be had. 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