The PNBA Fall Trade Show was uberfun. Started out crappy but I blame that on the redeye flight and no sleep for 36 hours. I was exhausted and didn’t know anybody. By four pm I was upset that I had left the laptop at home because I was ready to just sit in my hotel room for the next three days and write. Things got better that night with the nightcapper author party and the following morning at breakfast I met some nice people.
I went to a few educational sessions but forgot everything when I walked onto the trade show floor and was surrounded by FREE BOOKS! Two words with a special place in my heart, free books, free books, free books. Leaving the laptop at home was a good thing because I was able to snag even more free books!
I finished two and a half juvenile/young adult novels on the flight home. Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go by Dale E Basye is a clever and fun story about a brother and sister who die in a freak marshmallow accident. Word Nerd by Susin Nielsen is a touching story about a fatherless young boy finding his place in the world in the midst of competitive Scrabble and a overprotective mom. I’m about halfway through The Fetch by Laura Whitcomb and it’s very promising, I’m intrigued by the story. It involves the Romanovs and a Fetch, a spirit who guides souls into the underworld. All this reminds me that I need to get my Goodreads list updated. (Yet another thing to add to my endless things-to-do list.)
I met a lot of great writers, tried convincing them to come to Gulliver’s for a signing…who wants to come to Fairbanks? Fabulous PNBA volunteers and friendly booksellers made me feel welcome my first time at the PNBA trade show and I’m hoping David & Maria let me go again next year.
