![]() On one trip, I saw Yul Brenner on Broadway in the King and I and thought he was the most beautiful man - in his sky blue silk costume and matching paisley-shaped eye make-up - I had ever seen. Miles each day just to see what we could see. But we did manage - as we do everywhere we travel - some marathon walks. ![]() ![]() My husband accompanied me to NYC, but we approached the trip as a working week for me since between meeting my agent, publisher and editor and all the individual events for the RITAs, including the rehearsal, there was very little time left for sight-seeing. (That's me hitting the mute button on the Today Show.)īut then it was my turn to be nominated for an award described by Publisher's Weekly as the highest honor in romance writing, and 2000 people attended the formal ceremony in NYC, and the nominees' names were announced by category, and our book jackets and head-shots were flashed on two enormous screens, and music played, and Meg Cabot hosted, and I will say for all eternity that it was a thrill just to be nominated. I've heard - we've all heard - actors and actresses repeat that well-worn line around Oscar time: "It's a thrill just to be nominated." And I've thought yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU SOMEONE ELSE did not win its categories, but the whole event was so incredibly special and the other writers I met so incredibly nice - and fun - that it was impossible to feel disappointed in any way. ![]()
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