fun, and free stuff

So today I went to a book conference - my first. The Romance Writers of America. It was pretty fun, actually. And for $25, I got 2 tote bags, a t-shirt, a decent lunch, and 16 paperback romances. Not a bad deal, even if relatively few of the books interest me (which I don't actually know, I haven't read the blurbs yet). And the speakers were interesting, making all kinds of points about how romance deserves respect as a genre.