-over 1600 miles driven. I was in the desert so long my hair went blonder.

-got tackled by an elevator door and have the bruises to prove it.

-almost did a spit-take in Eric Arvin’s face. Twice. Guy is hilarious.

-got a new tattoo behind my ear.

-met Aleksandr Voinov and LA Witt and saw evil in the making.

-Amy Lane said I throw out Abibombs after my Q&A, and I’m going to pretend that’s a compliment.

-I will now read every book ever written by Eric Arvin, SJD Peterson, Scotty Cade, TJ Klune, and S.A. McAuley because those are my people. I’ve never pimped out another author before, but I will say right here for the first time, go buy their books.

-Lastly, I became known to a select group of people as, ‘here Abi, drink this.’ And I’m okay with that. (Cris can bear witness to this, as she saw me chugging the remains of three different drinks just to get the group up and moving away from the creepy strip show faster.)