Highly recommended...

This is where I spent my day yesterday. It was advertised as the 1st annual one and I am so hoping that there will be a 2nd annual one. I went and saw four presentations - but there were so many that I wanted to - it was almost impossible to decide what I wanted to see. There were dozens of booths with information and more books, authors doing readings and book signings, good food (though I didn't get any Frost - their line was forever long!!!), kids activities (I saw the Berenstein Bears walking around and a giant chessboard to play on). Overall, it was amazing. I am pretty disappointed that I couldn't go again today since it was Sunday and church, etc.

The presentations I went to were first, "50 Writing Tools" by Roy P. Clark. He is a writer and professor in Florida. He was a highly motivational and funny speaker as well. If you don't feel like going and writing for a week after listening to him, nothing will make you want to! Then on to a presentation on Young Adult fiction by a man named Neal Shusterman. He's written 38 YA books and read to us from a few. I'm going to have to go and check him out at the library. I think my kids (and myself) would enjoy him a lot! The worst one I saw was 3 mystery authors doing a panel discussion. I am a huge mystery fan and it stands to reason that I should visit a mystery discussion, but I didn't enjoy it mostly because of one of the authors who was kind of crass. That and the cat/writer lady in the audience who kept asking (lame) questions. The last presentation I went to was on writing a cookbook. I didn't get to stay for the whole thing because I had to get home and on to the next activity, but she had a lot of good info and makes me think that maybe someday I'll get around to putting together all my desert cooking info. You guys would all buy a copy right???