Around the World: 2012 GRL in Albuquerque

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First of all, what probably everyone is waiting for, the winners of the final giveaway for the 2012 GRL. And the giveway goes to...

1 Prize, 100 ebooks... live_laugh_love!

2 Prize, eCupid DVD... Karen Johnson!

3 Prize, Is It Just Me? DVD... Ryan Field!

And now some highlights of this convention. Very happy to had the chance to know better Helen Beattie, Tracy Ward and Amy DiMartino (and Jared/Jacob), you made these days special; enchanted to shared some touring with Geoff Knight and his mom Cheryl, you are both so sweet and kind; glad I had the chance to chat with Venona Keyes, who shared with me, Helen, Geoff and his mom our escapade from the crazy crowd in the timeless Acoma Pueblo; KC Burn and her silent husband were wonderful companion on our trips to Santa Fe and Albuquerque; I think I bored to death Jeff Adams and his husband but they were always with a smile for everyone; meeting B.G. Thomas, Edmond Manning and Mike Murphy was delightful; chatting with Andrew Grey and his partner was so sweet and brought back good memories when I was still able to read all Gay Romances out there; even if for little time, talking with Eric Arvin, Barry Brennessel and his husband was an highlight of this convention; a sweet arrivederci to my breakfast companions, J.P. Barnaby and Rowan Speedwell; very grateful to Ethan Day, Heidi Cullinan and Damon Suede, that, other than organizing a perfect convention, were always very ready with a smile and a hug.

In a few weeks I maybe will announce a news regarding next year GRL that will be in... ATLANTA!

And now enjoy the pictures, but be careful, there are more than 100!


Ethan Day, me, Amy DiMartino, Helen Beattie, EM Lynley, KC Burn and her husband at the end of our tour of Santa Fe


Jared, KC Burn, Amy DiMartino, Helen Beattie, Tracy Ward, Dolorianne and Ethan Day at the end of our tour of Albuquerque


Cherie Noel, Amy DiMartino and Ethan Day


Dolorianne and Amy


Stephani Hecht and V.J. Summers


Geoffrey Knight and Jackie Nacht


Sadonna Swann and Clare London


Damon Suede and Charlie Cochet


Damon Suede (and his kilt...)


Kiernan Kelly (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20kiernan%20kelly )


KC Burn (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20k.c.%20burn)


JP Bowie (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20j.p.%20bowie )


Carol Lynne (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20carol%20lynne )


Ethan Day (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20ethan%20day )


Geoffrey Knight (and he was not faking that pose...) (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20geoffrey%20knight )


Hayley B. James (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20hayley%20b.%20james)


Shira Anthony (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20shira%20anthony)


Venona Keyes (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20venona%20keyes)


T.C. Blue (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20t.c.%20blue )


Edmond Manning (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20edmond%20manning)


Marshall Thornton (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20marshall%20thornton )


Rhys Ford (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20rhys%20ford)


Jacob Flores


EM Lynley (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20e.m.%20lynley )


Cat Grant (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20cat%20grant )


N.J. Nielsen (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20n.j.%20nielsen) and Erica Pike (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20erica%20pike)


A.R. Moler (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20a.r.%20moler )


Karenna Colcroft (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20karenna%20colcroft)


Lex Valentine (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20lex%20valentine )


Devon Rhodes (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20devon%20rhodes )


T.A. Chase (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20t.a.%20chase )


Andrew Grey (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20andrew%20grey )


Vicktor Alexander (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20vicktor%20alexander)


Marie Sexton (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20marie%20sexton )


Heidi Cullinan (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20heidi%20cullinan )


Zahra Owens (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20zahra%20owens )


Damon Suede (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20damon%20suede )


Deanna Wadsworth


Allison Cassatta (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20allison%20cassatta )


AKM Miles (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20akm%20miles )


Jeff Erno (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20jeff%20erno )


K-lee Klein (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20k-lee%20klein)


Marguerite Labbe (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20marguerite%20labbe )


Amy Lane (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20amy%20lane )


Willian Cooper (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20william%20cooper)


Kate McMurray (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20kate%20mcmurray )


Ellis Carrington (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20ellis%20carrington )


Rowan Speedwell (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20rowan%20speedwell )


J. P. Barnaby (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20j.p.%20barnaby)


Shannon West (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20shannon%20west)


Patricia Logan (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20patricia%20logan )


Christopher Koehler (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20christopher%20koehler)


Z.A. Maxfield (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20z.a.%20maxfield )


Laura Harner (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20l.e.%20harner)


Isabelle Rowan (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20isabelle%20rowan )


Jana Downs (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20jana%20downs)


Leontii Holender (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20leontii%20holender)


Gabrielle Evans (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20gabrielle%20evans) and Jason


Daniel Kaine (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20daniel%20a.%20kaine)


Ethan Stone (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20ethan%20stone )


Silvia Violet (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20silvia%20violet)


Hank Edwards (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20hank%20edwards )


Taylor V. Donovan (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20taylor%20v.%20donovan)


L.C. Chase (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20l.c.%20chase)


M.J. O'Shea (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20m.j.%20o%27shea )


Anne Tenino (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20anne%20tenino )


Sara York (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20sara%20york)


Timothy McGivney (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20timothy%20mcgivney )


Trina Lane (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20trina%20lane)


Simone Anderson (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20simone%20anderson)


Xara X. Xanakas (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20xara%20x.%20xanakas)


Piper Vaughn (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20piper%20vaughn)


Lissa Kasey (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20lissa%20kasey)


Anel Viz (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20anel%20viz )


JR Boyd


Angel Martinez (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20angel%20martinez )


Poppy Dennison (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20poppy%20dennison)


Shae Connor (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20shae%20connor)


Kerry Freeman (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20kerry%20freeman)


Scotty Cade (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20scotty%20cade )


Brita Addams (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20brita%20addams )


Abigail Roux (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20abigail%20roux )


Louisa Bacio (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20louisa%20bacio)


Robert Moore


Tara Lain (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20tara%20lain )


Aleksandr Voinov


Lori Toland (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20lori%20toland )


Charlie Richards (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20charlie%20richards )


Lynn Lorenz (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20lynn%20lorenz )


Amber Kell (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20amber%20kell )


Stephani Hecht (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20stephani%20hecht )


Jambrea Jo Jones (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20jambrea%20jo%20jones )


Vivien Dean (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20vivien%20dean )


Carolyn Gray (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20carolyn%20gray ) and Elyan Smith


Jonathan Treadway


Elizabeth Silver (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20elizabeth%20silver )


Viki Lyn (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20viki%20lyn )


Eric Arvin (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20eric%20arvin )


TJ Klune (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20t.j.%20klune)


Kim Fielding (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20kim%20fielding)


L. A. Witt (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20l.a.%20witt )


Charlie Cochet (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20charlie%20cochet)


S.A. Garcia (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20s.a.%20garcia)


Mercy Celeste (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20mercy%20celeste )


Mike Murphy (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20michael%20murphy)


Michele L. Montgomery (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20michele%20l.%20montgomery )


Belinda McBride (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20belinda%20mcbride )


James Buchanan (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20james%20buchanan )


Jade Buchanan (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20jade%20buchanan )


Ally Blue (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20ally%20blue )


Clancy Nacht (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20clancy%20nacht )


Cherie Noel (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20cherie%20noel)


PD Singer (Pam) (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20p.d.%20singer )


Eden Winters (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20eden%20winters)


Z. Allora (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20z.%20allora)


Jamie Fessenden (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20jamie%20fessenden)


Barry Brennessel (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20barry%20brennessel )


Ana Bosch (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20ana%20bosch)


BA Tortuga (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20b.a.%20tortuga )


Julia Talbot (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20julia%20talbot )


Rick R. Reed (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20rick%20r.%20reed )


SJD Peterson (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20sjd%20peterson )


Devon Rhodes and Ariel Tachna (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20ariel%20tachna )


Brenna Lyons (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20brenna%20lyons)


Brien Michaels (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20brien%20michaels)


TA Webb


Lara Brukz (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20lara%20brukz)


Laura Baumbach (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20laura%20baumbach )


Kris Jacen


Thursday Euclid


Val Kovalin (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20val%20kovalin )


Jet Mykles (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20jet%20mykles ) and Kimberly Gardner (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20kimberly%20gardner )


Kaje Harper


BG Thomas


Lorraine Ulrich (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20lorraine%20ulrich)


Sue Brown (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20sue%20brown)


Andrew Grey


Carter Quinn and Marie Sexton


Will and Jeff Adams


Helen Beattie (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20helen%20beattie) and Tracy Ward


Ally Blue, Jared and Kris Jacen


D.H. Starr (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20d.h.%20starr )


Clare London and Amy DiMartino


Geoff's mom, Cheryl, and Venona Keyes talking with Harley Davidson bikers on the road


Geoffrey Knight and his mom


me


Geoffrey Knight and his mom and Helen Beattie


The Last Dinner: JP Barnaby, Lynn, Kiernan Kelly and her husband, Dolorianne


Rowan Speedwell, Sara York and Amy DiMartino


Amy DiMartino, Geoff's mom and Jonathan Treadway


Ethan Day, Geoffrey Knight, Poppy Dennison and Lara Brukz


Jason, Jared and JP Barnaby

These authors were at the convention but I hadn't had the change to take a picture of them:

AC Katt (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20a.c.%20katt )
B.J. Hayes
Bailey Bradford (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20bailey%20bradford )
CR Guiliano
DC Juris (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20d.c.%20juris )
Em Woods (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20em%20woods)
Jessica Freely (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20jessica%20freely )
JM Cartwright (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20j.m.%20cartwright )
Joyee Flynn (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20joyee%20flynn )
K. Piet (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20k.%20piet )
Kit Sands
Treva Harte (http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/tag/author%3A%20treva%20harte )

Link to the FB album (with comments from authors ;-) ): https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.495468507153903.120405.100000722741394&type=1&l=4d1c4b6ce8

Comments

[whitestar-alpha.livejournal.com]

Congrats winners! :D 200 ebooks wow! I wonder how long it will take you to read all those, lol ^_^

Those are awesome pictures of all the authors! Thanks for sharing :)

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

I think I missed only 2 or 3 registered authors...

[chrysalis1975]

what great photos :) everyone looks awesome!! Is that Jason the one from GoodReads?? He's so adorable!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

No, I don't think so, this Jason is a friend of Gabrielle Evans and he accompanied her to the convention.

[gaily2.livejournal.com]

How nice to see some of my favourite auhors, thankyou for the photos.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

More than welcome!

[tizzzzez.livejournal.com]

Thanks for all the photo's. It's really nice to put faces to names.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

That was my same thinking ;-)

[elena-62.livejournal.com]

Thank you for putting up all those pics. I had never seen some of the authors on a photo, and of some others I knew only the standard pic on their books. Your photos look better, probably also because many of them are taken in a more natural pose.

I'm glad that you had a great time!

Be well!

Ciao

Antonella

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

I think most of them were pretty good, id love to have a second chance for some of them with closed eyes, maybe next year...

[gaycrow.livejournal.com]

Yes, I agree, it's wonderful to put faces to names. Thanks for posting all of these. Seems like you had a pretty good time.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

It was nice, yes, but now im really tired lol

[harbor4t.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting those. It's great to put a face on some of our favorite authors!!!
and I hope it's ok to say that you seem like you've lost a lot of weight in the past few months.
You look great!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Actually i think that during the convention i put some more, but yes, i tried to loose weight and i will continue as soon as im back home

[hambelandjemima.livejournal.com]

What fabulous pictures, thanks for sharing them. Everyone looks so relaxed. :)

And congrats to the giveaway winners!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

You are right they all seemed to be happy and relaxed

[spike7451.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to all the winners.

Thanks for sharing your brilliant pictures. so good to be able to put a face to a name. :)


You look wonderful.

*hugs*

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

I tried to take a good shot of everyone, where i could, with some artistic flavor (poppy and the lollipop...)

[imidealistic.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing, it's nice to have faces to go with the names.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

You are welcome!

[annabirmingham.livejournal.com]

Looks like an amazing event - and so great to see faces to go with the names I know so well! Thanks for sharing them.

And congrats to the winners!

Anna x

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Some of this authors are notorious indeed ;-)

[moonlite-tryst.livejournal.com]

Gosh! So many authors in one place and it looks like you had a good time. I've read a lot of m/m books but I only know 6 of those authors.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

now you can browse some more... ;-)

[goldfish-memory.livejournal.com]

Holy cow! What a posting and it's really nice to have faces to go with names. :DDD

I had to laugh when I first saw your very first image, I kept thinking.... that looks like downtown not Albuquerque and lo and beholden, it was! LOL!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

yes, we were in Albuquerque and visited Santa Fe and Acoma Pueblo too

[a-terri-beth.livejournal.com]

What a terrific post! So many great-looking, talented people all in the same place. Must have been a wonderful time. :)

And thanks for all of the giveaways!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

indeed this year was really terrific, so many authors you hadn't the time to chat with one that one other was already available LOL

[egret17.livejournal.com]

Wow, you managed to get so many photos! :) It was great to get to talk to you.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

I chose the booksigning so they were all there and stay put LOL my pleasure too, year after year we manage to exchange some more words!

[live-laugh-love.livejournal.com]

I AM BEYOND THRILLED to be the winner of the books! I travel so much for work, and this has guaranteed fantastic reading material for at LEAST a couple months. Thanks again, Elisa, for all your hard work and effort.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

I'm glad ;-) they are all wonderful authors and I'm pretty sure you will find new favorites among them. Elisa

[luciatea.livejournal.com]

Wow, so many authors! And what does it mean that I recognize almost all the names.... :P

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

That you are an awesome reader!

[manutwo.livejournal.com]

So many beautiful people! Thanks for posting :)

Congrats to the winners!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

it was so beautiful to have the chance to chat to all of them.

[carolinareader.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for taking and posting these pictures. Its great to put so many faces to many of the authors I have read over the years.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

you are welcome, I love this convention and it's my pleasure to share the joy.