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Journal Entry #5

 


I was able to cross something off my vision board for 2024, and that was attending Readers Take Denver. Or as I liked to call it Cygnets Take Denver, because the reason I went was to meet my favorite author, mentor, and icon to me, T L Swan and her team. Along with getting to meet some of my fellow Cygnets in person. It was a dream come true, and it has set the tone for the rest of the year for me! I am truly grateful to be apart of such a positive, supportive community of like minded women!

The whole weekend was truly magical. I turned 28 the day she signed my favorite books, and it snowed. TRULY MAGICAL. There is no other word. A Lorelai Gilmore moment for this southern girl who never sees snow!

Tee was even more amazing in person than she is online. Truly a wonderful human and I was starstruck all weekend! I know by now a lot of negative experiences have come to light about RTD24 and it has been cancelled for 2025. I'm fortunate enough that I had a fantastic experience, though nothing to compare it to, as it was my first signing ever, but I got to meet almost everyone on my list that I wanted to meet! And let's be honest, I went for T L Swan and the Cygnets and everything else was a cherry on top!

Have you ever been to a book signing before? What's your favorite ones to attend? Have you gotten to meet your favorite author in person? Let me know in the comments below!


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