Photos from Romance Writers of America’s national conference in San Francisco

Chinatown

A cable car

Breakfast at the famed Sears Diner with other Silhouette Romantic Suspense authors:(left to right) RaeAnne Thayne, Beth Cornelison, Susan Vaughan, Gail Barrett, Nina Bruhns, Kim Van Meter.

Recent Booksignings

Turn the Page booksigning, Boonesboro, MD.  Gail Barrett, Mary Burton.

WRW Spring Retreat.  Gail Barrett, Heidi Betts, Karen Anders.

Gail Barrett, Karen Anders, Heidi Betts, Carolyn Greene. 

Barnes & Noble booksigning, Frederick, MD.  Susan Donovan, M.K.Trent, Gail Barrett, Maggie Toussaint.

Photos from my research trip to Peru

In October, I accompanied the medical missionaries into the mountains of Peru around Ayaviri (elevation 13,000 ft.). Every day we went into a different village to give what medical aid we could to the poor. Most of the people were Quechua, descended from the Inka. Here are some photos from the trip.

A woman in Ayaviri.	The market in Ayaviri. They grow an amazing variety of potatoes and beans.
A woman selling her wares at the market.	Most of the buildings in the villages had thatched roofs.
A town we passed through	A village street
Villagers lining up to see the doctors.	The children were darling but their rosy cheeks are due to sun damage.
Interestingly, the women put hair extensions made of black yarn on the ends of their braids.	Patients waiting their turn.
Our wonderful Quechua-speaking helpers. They translated into Spanish, and I translated into English for the doctors. We couldn’t have helped many people without them. Yuspagarachu!
At the end of the week, my husband and I made a brief detour to see Machu Picchu. Unfortunately, I was so sick by then that I had to abandon the tour. But I was (briefly) there!	Here I am in Cuzco just before we left Peru. I was way too thin from being sick, but at least I had recovered enough to shop!

Photos from my recent research trip to Spain

Finisterre, literally the "end of the earth," in the northwest corner of Spain.
Kilometer zero in Finisterre.	A "crucero," which was typically put at crossroads to guard against evil.
Ávila, Spain, one of my favorite places.
On the medieval wall in Ávila, Spain.	Up on the medieval wall in Lugo.
Hórreos, traditional food storage structures in Galicia, Spain. Photos from my recent trip to New York Here I am, hot and sweaty after braving the subway. The Harlequin/Silhouette office is in the Woolworth Building, built in 1913. Theresa at the front desk. Notice the book posters that line the halls.