Another whole section (about 25% or so) was dedicated to Kate Benjamin’s “Cat Style Lounge” containing cat-astic feline products.ĭusty Rainbolt, Marci Kladnik and Amy Shojai on the red carpet, what fun! Hey…let’s do it again next year! Hey, we’re all in this together–for the good of ALL pets, right?ĬWA was one of about 50 booths in the exhibit hall, where attendees got to meet all kinds of pet products companies catering to dogs, cats, birds, hamsters, you-name-it. That’s right, there are many cat folks at the event but also dog bloggers (horse bloggers, hamster bloggers etc) who also share their lives (and writing) with cats. We also created CWA “contest discount” postcards added to the cat “swag bags” hoping to encourage more nonmember cat writers to join our furry throng. Lea-Ann Germinder and her GoodNewsForPets team designed/created two fantastic free-standing banners for the booth that we’ll use at future events. Speakers had a second signing opportunity and we signed quite a few Saturday afternoon, too. Fran Shaw had arranged for CWA members to host the booth where they not only provided great PR for CWA, but they also signed/sold a bunch of their own books. Wendy Christensen sent 100 copies of her beautifully designed booklet with details about the organization–I came home with only about 20 copies left. (Hmnnn, why isn’t he a member yet?!).Īnother CWA member, Sandy Robbins, made CWA look fantastic as she spoke on a Keynote Panel on Saturday morning with Harrison Forbes and Laura Nativo about being a celebrity spokesperson. CWA members will remember he also spoke at one of our conferences in White Plains, NY–and he’s a CAT GUY! Stay tuned, I hear-tell that one of our members got a picture of him wearing cat ears. He is an incredibly entertaining and generous speaker, with great insights and information. Mee-Wow! A highlight for me on Saturday was lunch with Steve and reconnecting/catching up.įriday morning’s Keynote, Peter Shankman, had the audience rolling in the aisles.

He not only gave a lovely shout-out to CWA and Lorie Huston (sniff), he presented the Winn Media Appreciation Award to Fran Pennock Shaw. That evening, longtime member and CWA booster Steve Dale spoke at the opening ceremonies about one of our favorite causes, Winn Feline Foundation.

The audience members kept us with questions long after we were scheduled to stop, and then dozens (yes, I said DOZENS) of aspiring CWA members made their way to the CWA Booth to find out more about our organization. Then CWA members Layla Morgan Wilde, Deb Barnes, Janiss Garza and Alana Grelyak presented on their panel. Publisher/author Bob Mayer, and authors Lisa Erspamer, Pam Johnson-Bennett and myself presented on the first Publishing Panel. After giving birth, Lorie and her companion had to make a difficult decision.Both Thursday sessions were filled with very engaged audience members eager to learn more about publishing, good writing, journalistic integrity and more. So she had to resort to IVF to get pregnant. This disease makes it difficult to get pregnant. She has been fighting endometriosis for many years. We guess that the singer was able to count on her companion in her fight against the disease. The latter is already the father of a little boy. Lorie Pester is in a relationship with with Yann Dernaucourt, co-director of a label for three years. I don’t tell you, I have the same one!” Who is Lorie’s companion? She confided, for example, to the magazine Gala in December 2021: “It’s not that she learned to say no, it’s above all that she says ‘No’ all day. Today Lorie takes advantage of all the stages that her daughter knows and has fun. Lorie explained that her daughter “left with Yann, he went skin-to-skin with her and me for the time to sew up, and after that, half an hour later, they both arrived, I got her on me and there it was the most beautiful moment of my life”. A strong moment in emotions, as she confided. She therefore rushed to the hospital in Bayonne to give birth by caesarean section. After her boyfriend blew out his own birthday candles, Lorie’s water broke. She was then on vacation in the south-west of France, far from her Parisian accommodation. Lorie Pester gave birth 5 weeks early in the summer of 2020. The 39-year-old singer gave an interview to Parents in which she talks about the birth of her daughter Nina. Lorie Pester has agreed to make rare confidences about her childbirth, but also about her couple life.

Lorie pester en couple 2015