I Met Ted Dekker and Erin Healy!!! Come see!! - Autographed give away!

Alright folks! I am now the most excited blogger in the Alliance!! Ted Dekker and Erin Healy came to Kennesaw, GA last night for a book signing! My dear husband and I packed up the car after lunch and headed North! We arrived at Lifeway Bookstore a couple of hours prior to the signing and I spent some time meeting a lot of really terrific folks! The fans came with their Dekker clothes, Dekker jewelry, and their entire collection of Dekker books! We were all primed for a great evening!

While I was in line, I met some really delightful folks! I had a special surprise when I found out that Nora St. Laurent was also in attendance! You all know her from the Christian Fiction Online Magazine Book Club corner! She also has her own blog Finding Hope Through Christian Fiction.
Nora is queen of the book clubs, and meeting authors is her specialty!


Then...it was time! They arrived!! First there was clapping...then an amazed hush..We were about to meet Ted Dekker and Erin Healy!!



Okay, then we got down to business! Some folks brought their entire Dekker collection...some brought their movie posters...and for every single request, Ted and Erin were so gracious and patient! They made sure names were spelled correctly, they asked readers what they thought about particular characters and scenes from their books...nothing was too much! They smiled for a jillion pictures and were fully engaged with everyone! It was hard to tell who was more excited, the fans or the authors!


Ted and Erin loved answering questions. I learned that Kiss was Ted's first true collaboration. He approached Erin about writing together, and it took her three days to give him an answer! But these two have worked together for years and they know each other well, so their efforts were a huge success! Erin pitched the idea, Ted countered with the idea of how the concept would be delivered. Erin wrote the first hundred pages, Ted took it and wrote some more. The writing process was much slower than Ted's normally frantic writing pace, but he and Erin both said it was very rewarding. While Ted loves to physically act out scenes from the story, Erin is more comfortable working the drama out on paper. Their efforts burned up the internet and mobile phone lines, but the results...FABULOUS!

This was my first attempt to travel away from home to pursue meeting the authors I love to read, and it is truly an experience I will never forget! I loved Ted's quick, witty sense of humor and how easily he made folks laugh. Erin was so gracious and so quick with that warm smile! These two make a terrific team, and it will be a pleasure to follow their careers! Ted will introduce Boneman's Daughter in March, and their next collaborative effort, Burn, will be published next January. We will see Erin's first solo novel - working title is Ill Will - in the Spring of 2010. This is an evening I will LONG remember!!


And NOW....a special gift for my readers!!! I purchased a copy of Kiss and had it autographed by Ted and Erin! If you will leave a comment and share the word about this fabulous book, you will be entered to win this treasure!

Don't forget to leave your contact information so I can contact you! And tell me about your favorite Dekker story.

I am still so excited I can't stand it!! And I am thrilled to share this experience with YOU!!