Genre Slut ~ Keep it in Your Pen, Girl

My name's Julie and I'm a genre slut.

This is where you say, Hi Julie.

I wasn't always a slut. I started out writing crime fiction. But I've always loved romance books too. So slowly, over time, my crime novels began to have an element of romantic suspense. But told in first person by a male protagonist, which broke those rules. Then I added humor too. And for kicks I built urban fantasy type worlds based on 'real' places. So now I'm living in sin in this genre slut-limbo of general fiction and loving it. See, I'm a ho!

Some say my 'openness' is a bad thing. That one day I'll regret it. What do you think? Will my eagerness to taste the forbidden fruits of multiple genres ultimately hurt or help my career?

Oh the Places You'll Go!

I just signed up for my very first Left Coast Crime Conference in Sacramento, CA this coming March (March 29 - April 1, 2012). What clinched it for me, besides the very cool people attending, was a town called Fairytale Town ten miles from the conference.

Yes, I'm a geek!

But you knew that already.

Left Coast Crime looks like a blast too.

I also picked up my Denver Comic Con tickets and artist table today. For those who don't know, the Denver Comic Con will run June 15 - 17, 2012.

In between those two events will be the Pikes Peak Writers Conference. It's their 20th anniversary and bound to be a hell of a party. That happens April 20 - 22, 2012.

Oh and possibly RomCon in June.

And then Colorado Gold in September.

Bouchercon in October 2012. It's in Cleveland. My first trip back in nearly 20 years.

Are you going to any of these events? Are there others I should think about attending?