Salt Lake Comic Con: The Good. The Bad. The Ugly? Part 1

Salt Lake Comic Con

The Good. The Bad. The Ugly.

I'm never sure if I should lead with the good or the bad, but this time, I'll go with the saying and start with the good. I'll most likely end with the good too if that's okay. I'd hate to leave Comic Con on a sour note.

#1 How could you not love an event that gives people an excuse to dress up?

I wore my Tinker Bell T-shirt
and look who shows up.

This Snow White even spoke in that
high-pitched voice from the movie

Love a fun Cowboy play on
Harry Potter

Can we just say, Yum?

After seeing this beauty, I couldn't
get bibity bobity boo out of my
head for hours 

Anime and Manga definitely dominated
this Comic Con

#2 the FANS

As authors, we are there for the fans. Meeting and signing books for those who love them is the best ever. I'm terrible at remembering to take pics. The first day, I didn't take a single one. I went the second day determined to get a bunch.  So, I got a few. :) 

And this little beauty is the niece
of one of my friends and guess
what?
She loves my books.
Selfie time.

Do you know this crazy dude?

#3 Fan-girling over awesome authors

This is Ally Carter. Can you believe it? She was so
incredibly nice. And guess what? She's working on
a stand-alone....

I also got a pic with Kiersten White who has my same awesome agent, but

alas, I can't find it. Maybe my dog ate it. 

The one author I'd love to have met? Hmmm. Sarah J. Maas would

top my list.

Comic Con was a fun, wild ride this year. Can't wait for next year.  

P.S. The Bad is coming on the next post...I've rambled on too long already.  

Peace!

Comic Con 2016

**Stay tuned for an exciting recap of my adventures at Salt Lake Comic Con 2016 and get a free eBook. Yay!

If you've never been able to attend one, it's like stepping into a new world. I've got pictures and fun stories to share later this week.

And guess what?

Kate Unleashed: Code of Silence series: Book 3 is finally in its second edit. It may actually be so long and have two full story lines in it that it needs to be split into two. I'll let you know as soon as I find out.  To celebrate, you can get Kate Unmasked as an eBook for FREE for the next few weeks only. 
Here's the link to claim your free book Click HERE

Italy, New York, and New Jersey await you in this series.

The Balanced Life of an Author

*originally shared on cindymhogan.com
The chronicles of a typical nutso week that will have zero balance (Don't tell, but 80% of my life is like this)  

Thanks Tahiti Dance dot com for the pic. :)

Monday-I need to finish writing Kate Concealed...but the tomatoes need canning and hair needs coloring-or is gray the new it color-aren't teens going gray? Is my stylist still in Riverton? Does it really take four hours? And it seems like something important is happening tomorrow....what was that? Oh, and FHE is tonight. Gotta have family love.

Tuesday-I need to finish Kate Concealed...but the pears need canning....and tomatoes need canning..and I need to perfect 2 presentations- or should I just wing it?  Oh, and Fatal Exchange is LIVE...I really should tell people. Yeah, that's what I forgot yesterday. psst. Fatal exchange is live- go grab it. Print and eBook. YES! 
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/Fatalamaz  Barnes and Noble: http://smarturl.it/fatalnook  iTunes: http://smarturl.it/fatalitunes  Kobo:http://smarturl.it/fatalkobo  I hope that counts.

Wednesday-I need to finish Kate Concealed...but I need to be teaching kids at a school visit all day and then set up for Comic Con-the tomatoes and pears still need to be canned. Was I in charge of dinner?

Thursday-I need to finish Kate Concealed...but I need to be at Comic Con- come see me-all my books will be there-even Fatal Exchange. I'd love to sign yours. (note to self-don't forget the pens) Should I practice my speech for tomorrow? Or prepare for the class I've got to teach at church? Oh, the laundry- shoot. Did I leave it in the washer on Saturday?

Friday- I need to finish Kate Concealed...but I will be at Comic Con and then speaking at a women's retreat- Oh, and the pears and tomatoes need canning- did I mention the grapes are ripe? Where's the juice? Oh, I have to do that, don't I? Tomorrow's homecoming for Hannah-Hunger Games for the day date and lots of sparkles for the dance- can we say steak for dinner? Go Outback.

Sat- (yeah, by this time in the week everything is getting shortened.) I need to finish Kate Concealed...but I will be at Comic Con- and the grapes, they smell amazing- anyone say grape juice? oh, and I need to prepare a talk for the youth on Sunday- is that tomorrow?  And Hannah has homecoming- Can't miss that- must take pictures. She's going to be stunning.

Sun-I need to finish Kate Concealed...but I will be worshiping- and did I tell you the all the peppers and onions are ready to use with the tomatoes to can salsa? p.s. they were ready last week...and the watermellons-I need to pick the melons. Yum. First great crop ever- we must've had the perfect weather this year. Lucky me. Lucky you.

Oh, and silly me, I forgot I actually needed to feed the family and maybe talk to them, clean the house and oh, of course, get the laundry done. And for the love, ...there's the dog.

BUT WAIT!
The one thing I hope you got from this post- How much I LOVE my LIFE. It's the best- but, I would appreciate it if any of you could deposit some time in my daily time bank-I sure could use some. :)
Maybe then I'll have BALANCE- and some yummy grape jelly.


Oh, and the beached whale needs assistance- anyone?