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home > fun stuff > writer's life > tale of the toeless hose05/00 THE AGATHA AWARDS OR THE TALE OF THE TOELESS HOSE
went to Washington, DC, a little over a week ago to find out if Circles of Confusion had one of the big mystery awards, the Agatha Award. Circles was one of five books in the nation in the running for the award for “best first mystery.”
I didn't win, but I had a great time anyway. (I'm pretty sure I might have come in second, but they only announce the winner.) Picture this: the conference, Malice Domestic, has 700 mystery fans, all there to see the 100 or so authors in attendance. Every hour there are two or three panels you can go hear, where four or five authors talk about “Mystery's Bad Girls,” or “Humor in the Mystery.” And you can also mingle in the bar with your favorite authors and buy them drinks. (I drank more in three days than I have in probably a whole year—that's what happens when you're neither driving or paying.)
It was strange being a demi-celebrity, and having trembling strangers ask if it were okay to take my picture.
At the big banquet where they announced the awards, I wore the latest thing—toeless pantyhose. My friend Vicki had seen them on Good Morning America, and she said I absolutely had to have a pair to wear with my silver sandals. That way my legs would look smooth (the pantyhose) and I would still have toe cleavage (the toeless part). I ordered them off the Internet (they'll be at Nordstrom later in the year), only to learn they would ship in six to eight weeks—well after the banquet.
I figured it didn't hurt to ask and explained what it was for. A team of people at the company Fed-Exed me three pair in a range of shades the day before the event. I wore them and they made a great ice breaker.
My other triumph to report is that my editor has allowed me to kill off one character she earlier thought didn't need to die in my next book, Heart-Shaped Box.
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