The Bellwether is one of the most beautiful places to stay, right on Bellingham Bay!
Kiffer Brown was ready to lead us through the weekend
Kaffee Klastches were a relaxed way to learn from fellow authos
Kiffer and Diane Sillan Isaacs led a Kaffee Klastche about everything from intellectual property to publishing
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Panel is always a blast
The Authors on Amazon panel offered their tips and insights into having success on the worlds biggest ebook platform
Robert Dugoni is one of our most popular speakers
We even had terrific turnouts for readings
Pam Binder dialogued about….dialogue
Nicole Evelina was having a great time, and she didn’t even know she was the Overall Grand Prize Winner yet!
Mike Hartner gets the Chanticleer Award for all round great guy. And his books are just as terrific as he is!
William Kenower taught us about social media an writing with confidence
Jennifer Karchmer taught about writing like a journalist
Diane Sillan Isaacs taught about pitches, loglines and intellectual property
Diane Garland is the master of continuity editing
Fox Deatry taught us to be disruptive!
Conference attendees had a lot to learn
They learned from our terrific speakers
They learned from each other
They learned about publishing and distribution
They learned about marketing and sales strategies
And then they relaxed at the end of the day with their new friends
Cocktail hour was our favorite hour
And the luncheons were terrific too
Robert Dugoni went into overtime on his Keynote speech, but nobody seemed to mind
The Book Fair sold a lot of books!
Books were piled high, almost everyone who attended had something in the book room
Piles and piles of books
Thanks to Village Books and Paul Hanson for staffing the book room!
It was tough to choose from so many terrific and award winning books
Award winning authors were on hand to sign books
Some authors had a lot of ribbons!
Everyone wanted their picture taken with our “special guest”
Sherlock was happy to volunteer himself to be raffled off
Everyone wanted their picture taken with him. Shari Stauch from Where Writers Win and Kiffer Brown aren’t letting him get away
Jacquie Rogers and Honey Beaulieu both wanted a dance
A lot of “Characters” attend #CAC
Our Intern Lacey (normally hiding behind the camera) even had her turn
Pamela Beason in the middle of a handsome sandwich with Sherlock and Robert Dugoni
Media Magic Maker Amanda Hagarty takes her turn
Sean Dwyer made a new chum
Janey Shawgo even bought him a drink
Who is taller, Richard Mann or Sherlock?
Sharon Anderson photo bombing Sherlock
Everybody bought tickets for their chance to bring him home
Things may have gotten a little crazy during the Big Hair Makeovers….
The first to volunteer for Big Hair was our captain Kiffer Bown
Kiffer’s hairspray advice: Keep your mouth closed and cover your wine
Things are starting to really take shape…a big swirling mass…kinda like our conference a week before it started…
Glamor Queens
Loving every minute of it
More authors volunteer for Big Hair: Sean Dwyer & Jacquie Rogers.
We celebrated a lot of 1st place Category winners!
We had ribbons
And more ribbons
Fox Deatry and Kiffer Brown were our co-emcees for the evening
Corey Knutsen: Cygnus Awards
John Yarrow: Cygnus Awards
James Wells: Cygnus Awards
Cygnus 2015 Blue Ribbon Winners
Grant Harper Reid: Journey 2015 Blue Ribbon Winner
Cherie O’Boyle: M&M Awards
Lonna Enox: M&M and Clue Awards
Kate Vale: M&M Awards
Jennifer Mueller: M&M Awards
Wendy Delaney: M&M Awards
Michael Scheffel: M&M and Clue
Marian Exall: Clue Awards
KJ Klemme: Clue Awards
M&M 2015 Blue Ribbon Winners
Clue 2015 Blue Ribbon Winners
James Conroyd Martin: Chaucer Awards
Nicole Evelina: Chaucer & Chatelaine Awards
Kaylin McFarren: Chatelaine Awards
Mary Ann Henry: Chatelaine Awards
Chaucer 2015 Blue Ribbon Awards
Chatelaine 2015 Blue Ribbon Awards
Sara Dahmen: Laramie 2015 Blue Ribbon Award Winner
Nikki McCormack: Dante Rossetti Award Winner
Pamela Beason: Dante Rossetti Award Winner
Dante Rossetti 2015 Blue Ribbon Award Winners
KJ McPike: Paranormal Awards
Dr. Gail Siler, Phd: Paranormal Awards
Paranormal 2015 Blue Ribbon Winners
Caitlyn Hicks: Somerset Awards
Judith Kirscht: Somerset Awards
Gary Grossman: Somerset Awards
Our 2015 Winners!
And then we celebrated the Grand Prize winners from each genre:
Grand Prize Ribbons!
James R. Wells Awarded the Cygnus Grand Prize for THE GREAT SYMMETRY
Nikki McCormack awarded Dante Rossetti Grand Prize for THE GIRL AND THE CLOCKWORK CAT
Sara Dahmen awarded Laramie Grand Prize for DR. KINNEY’S HOUSEKEEPER
Nicole Evelina awarded Chatelaine Grand Prize for DAUGHTER OF DESTINY
Lonna Enox awarded Clue Grand Prize for BLODD RELATIONS
Grant Harper Reid awarded the Journey Grand Prize for RHYTHM FOR SALE
Wendy Delaney awarded Mystery & Mayhem Grand Prize for THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARTY
And then came the final announcement of our Overall Grand Prize Winner!
The audience waited in rapt silence….
Gregory Phillips, last year’s winner, opened the envelope with co-emcee’s Kiffer Brown and Fox Deatry…
Announcing Nicole Evelina’s DAUGHTER OF DESTINY as the Chanticleer 2015 Best Book and Overall Grand Prize Winner
Nicole proudly displayed her Overall Grand Prize Ribbon
Nicole won a LOT of ribbons that night, two blue ribbons, one Grand Prize, and one Overall Grand Prize
Chanticleers 2015 Best Book: DAUGHTER OF DESTINY
And the best thing about #CAC16: we fooled you all into thinking we are tidy and organized!
The #CAC16 Aftermath – Our Chanticleer office on Monday after you all went home![/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]
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