June 17, 2007 • Print This Post

Well, I’m just back from New Orleans.  Yay!

If you’ve read any of my posts over the last year, you may see a pattern.  I’ve been there a lot.  I adore this city.  Love it, love it!  I went with Erin McCarthy to do some research on an idea I have for a dark paranormal.  But my primary reason for going was because Erin and I are hosting the Welcome Party at Heather Graham’s Writers for New Orleans conference. 

I attended last year–the very first year Heather held it, and I cannot say enough good things about this get-together.  Great writers, wonderful readers, lots of mingling and chatting, and all done in the setting of the Big Easy.  There is no downside, I’m telling you.  If you can afford to attend, this is one conference to hit–writers and readers alike.

So, as part of the Welcome Party, Erin and I want The Impalers to play.  Yes, our fictional vampire band is going to make their first live (or undead, I guess) appearance.  Fictional, yet appearing live.  That alone should make this endeavor sound a little difficult.  Well, The Impalers are all actual musicians who work on Bourbon Street.  So they are indeed real.  Erin and I don’t have to try to conjure them.  (Sorry, that also means they aren’t really vampires, either.)

But here’s the thing…  While they are all real, they are not really in the same band.  They are, in fact, in three different bands.  Which makes organizing these guys a tad tricky.  So that was part of our goal last weekend.  To get all the guys to sign contracts, know where and when they are supposed to perform and with whom.  It was truly like herding cats.  If you know any musicians, you know what I mean.  But Erin and I persevered. 

And we pulled it off.  And we know the guys will be great.  Hey, they’ve already agreed to be fictional vampires.  I think they’re up for anything. 

So please check out Heather’s conference and come see The Impalers perform.  They really will be fantastic–or should I say fangtastic.

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