Book Blogger Hop

Jennifer from Crazy For Books is the fabulous hostess of this Blogger Hop. I have not participated in a little while but because of the question she has posed, I thought it would be a good time to hop on by!

"Are you going to Book Expo America (BEA) and/or the Book Blogger Convention (BBC) this year?"

My Answer:

I AM! I am going again this year. I am sad that Jennifer is NOT. I met her last year and she is a delightful person, very sweet and kind and funny.

I will be staying with Stacy from A Novel Source and can't wait for it all to begin!!

One thing I will be bummed I'll miss though, is Ice-T. He will be at BEA on Tuesday early afternoon and I will not get there in time to see him. Silly, I know but how cool would it be to meet him??!!

If anyone IS going to BEA and will be there Tuesday afternoon, anyone willing to snag me his memoir???????????????? Anyone??? Bueller??

Happy Reading and as always, thanks for stopping by!

red headed book child

I'm going to BEA! Are you?

Folks, it's been a tough decision this year. I battled with lots of feelings about taking a trip for myself again and NOT taking one with my husband this year.

Do we have enough money? No, not really.

Am I comfortable traveling alone? No, not really.

What if I'm pregnant? Well, that's not happening right now, no matter how hard we try. :(

So, I made the decision to just do it. Money be damned! (okay, the tax money helped a bit!) My husband is very supportive and we are planning on a mini camping trip for the summer, he and I. YAY!

So, I will be going Tuesday, May 24 through Saturday May 28. This is going to be completely 100% Red Headed Book Child meets NYC. Last year, i went with friends and we did a lot of NON book blogger stuff. This year I plan on maximizing all there is to do with tours, cocktail hours, dinners, etc!

I am planning on rooming with Stacy from A Novel Source. YAY! And I plan on hanging out with Steph from Steph the Bookworm. I am SO very excited to meet these ladies and have tons of fun in the Big Apple.

Are you going?

If so, what do you have planned?

Are you going alone? With other bloggers?

Happy Reading and as always, thanks for stopping by!

red headed book child

Pictures of BOOKS, you say? Why, yes, I have pictures of BOOKS!

HERE THEY ARE!

Roughly 80 books total. My son's children's books are not included.

Above are the mystery/thrillers. Wow!

Literary Fiction and Memoirs. (above and below) Oh boy!

Young Adult and Middle Grade. Squeal!

The Mother Load? Lode?

Who cares? Giant pile of AWESOMENESS!

Happy Reading and as always, thanks for stopping by!

red headed book child

NYC: Day 6

NYC: Day 6

With BEA over, I was exhausted and ready to sit and absorb some blogger knowledge. I woke up really early on Friday morning to haul my load of books to the post office near my hotel. Thank goodness for suitcases with wheels. It was a very strange sight for the post office crew to have three customers arrive at their doors at 7:30am with carts full of books to ship. We took over the entire post office to pack and label. Good thing it was early!

So for a total of $38.00 I sent out 3 big boxes of books. I can safely say now they are here with me. I was a little nervous waiting on my third box. It was the mother load box I call it, full of so many of my favorites that I picked up. I am so glad it did not get lost. The post office is the way to go. Shipping stuff out from BEA is obnoxiously expensive.

I will include a picture in tomorrow's post of all my books.

I grabbed a quick $400 latte (sarcasm, people) at the closest Starbucks to me and headed on downtown to the Convention. Breakfast and registration started early and the festivities started at 9:00.

The convention was located in the meeting rooms of the Jacob Javits Center, the same place BEA was at. I got my name tag, grabbed another goodie bag of books and headed on in.

The picture above was just a shot of bloggers mingling about in the common area outside the meeting room. I really didn't get that many great pictures of the space as a whole.

I wanted to include my picture of Jenny and Jennifer. If you don't know their blogs by now, shame on you! (j/k)

Aren't they adorable? So very nice and sweet people. I enjoyed talking and laughing with them. They are so smart and down to earth.

I sat with them at breakfast along with the COOLEST AUTHOR THAT I HAVE MET IN A LONG TIME. Why so many caps. you say? Well, the unique thing about the Blogger Convention is that is was not just us bloggers there. We had the opportunity to mingle with authors, publicists and publishers.

The author I met at breakfast was Sandra Brannan. She has a mystery book coming out on September 1 and it is called In the Belly of Jonah, a first in a series featuring Liv Bergen.

I received a copy from her that morning.

Let me just say, in my years of bookselling and doing author events, meeting authors can really make or break my "love" of them. I have had some situations where authors I've enjoyed have been none too pleasant and I have a really hard time supporting them after that. I know, it's silly. We all have off days but sometimes it does taint it a bit.

But Sandra Brannan was a hoot! She was smart, funny, delightful and so genuinely interested in the blogging community. Her book was raw and suspenseful. I liked her so much that I picked her book to read on the plane ride home and I really liked it! I will be featuring a review and maybe a Guest Post with her closer to the release date. Anything I can do to make this book and her successful.

Breakfast was a fun chance to meet others and chat. The convention started at 9:00 and after an introduction the afternoon was spent with panels of bloggers and publicists and publishers and authors. They discussed a range of topics; professionalism and ethics, writing content, social responsibility and relationships between authors and bloggers.

The panelists were thoughtful and honest and very informative. I took away a lot from this, as far as where I want my blog to go, how much I want to do and some tips to keep it going.

It felt like I was able to check out different blogs without physically having to go to them and scroll and read. There were so many different types of bloggers there talking about their styles that I really learned a lot. I have since went to many of them and started following them.

I did not feel overwhelmed by the info. I felt inspired and jazzed. I don't think I'm going to change much about my blog but I have some ideas for where my focus might go. Before this I tried to do some weekly and monthly features but "scheduled" posts have proven to be hard for me. There was a lot of talk on how to keep your blog fresh and I realized for me that, like my reading, I really work better being spontaneous. If I want to blog about Sweet Valley High, I will. So with that, I'm excited to be back and get to it and just have fun!

All in all, I had a really good time in my adventures in NYC. Great people, great books, great food, great shows, (some sore feet) and great memories. I look forward to doing this again next year and meeting more. The community itself now feels closer. Thanks to all of the organizers for making this happen.

"Don't fear the blogger" We are here to stay and have some fun!

My final NYC post will be tomorrow and it will include pictures of my books. Thanks so much for stopping by and reading about my adventures! I wish you all could have been there.

red headed book child

NYC: Day 5

NYC: Day 5

Sorry folks, I'm a day late getting this out. I stayed with my parents for an evening and well, their computer is from 1942 or something ridiculous like that and it crashes all the time. !

Of course, I still love them, even if I want to throw the machine out the window every time I try to use it.

So, here we are Day 5, last Thursday, second day of BEA for me and I was ready! Today was the day for Cheryl and I. Trever had had enough and he was heading down to get tickets to Promises, Promises (see picture above!). In the morning we were not sure if this would happen but it was the top show on our list and we had our fingers and toes crossed.

The second day for me was much more relaxed. I knew what to expect and took my time. Overall, even though we got there around the same time it seemed a lot less crazy and hectic. We spent most of our time at the Autographing area hopping from line to line. This is where I met a lot of great people. Every one that I met in line was so super nice, whether they were a librarian, a fellow blogger, an educator or bookseller.

Shelia from Book Journey found me in line and introduced herself. She said she just looked for ladies with red hair and thought she would eventually find me! She is a fellow Minnesotan. Very lovely. I ran into Jenny from Take Me Away again. She was hanging with Jennifer from Crazy for Books, who is also a delight. We bonded over our big hair! (pictures of these lovely ladies will come in tomorrow's post. I took them the the Blogger Expo).

It was really fun finding yourself in line with these people, knowing you have the same tastes. It was so easy to chat it up with them. This day I really got a lot of great books. I met Mary from Little House on the Prairie. I snuck into the Sandra Boynton line and got the Perfect Piggies book for my son. Okay, I was finishing up in the line NEXT to Sandra Boynton right when SHE was finishing up. It was a ticketed event and I didn't want to break any rules or seem pushy because I've worked plenty of events where people ask for exceptions. It can make running an event really hard. So I didn't want to be one of THOSE people but darnit, I was in NYC, I came all this way, my son LOVES all the Sandra Boynton books and well, Cheryl made me do it.

So, I pouted and made eye contact with the publicist and she shooed me over. Hooray!

Perfect Piggies was mine, signed by Sandra to my little Kiddo.!

He loves it.

I met the Stitch and Bitch lady, Carla Neggers, Matthew Van Fleet, Anna Godbersen and a whole host of others. It was so much fun! I filled up two bags and managed to carry them okay for the rest of the day. No reports of anything stolen. Thank goodness.

I met Alyson from Simon and Schuster (picture above) My hair is enormous and I kind of look like a pumpkin in that shirt. I don't know what I was thinking. :( I was unable to meet Wendy, the other rep from Simon and Schuster that I have had email correspondence with for a few years. She was a very busy lady! Oh well. Next year, I told myself.

All in all, it was an amazing day for BEA. I only wish I would have stayed until the very end and went for one more bag. I heard they put out some cool stuff and you could pretty much take anything at that point. I left at 4 and it closed at 6.

Once again, next year.

On our way back we found out we got tickets for Promises, Promises which made us very happy. Sean Hayes AND Kristin Chenoweth. I could hardly wait!

We had a yummy dinner and I had plans to meet Christine from The Happily Ever after before the show but due to rain and traffic we only had a half hour to meet for a quick drink at my hotel. (isn't she lovely? The bartender took our pic!) I really wanted more time with her because she is such a delight but we took what we could get.

Once again, next year. Christine. Me. More time. More drinks.

Promises, Promises was so amazing. Kristin Chenoweth was not there due to throat problems which has always been my luck with shows. There is always someone missing that I love.

Sean Hayes was perfect though! It was a little hard to look past him as Jack from Will and Grace but I did part way through and really enjoyed his performance.

It was kind of like Mad Men with lots and lots of jingles. Really fun to watch!

I included a pic of Strawberry Fields just because I like that area of Central Park but we went there earlier in the week.

After the show we went back to the hotel. I organized my books, squealed a little and went to sleep. Tomorrow, of course, was going to be another BIG day for me.

It was time to put more faces to more blogger names! I could hardly wait.

'Til then.

Happy Reading and as always, thanks for stopping by!

red headed book child

NYC: Day 4

NYC: Day 4

Today was the day! Today was the day! The 1st Day of BEA! Hey, that rhymes!

I was so excited. I got up early and was ready to go and nervously tapping my foot waiting for my friends. Okay, not really, they were pretty enthusiastic as well.

So I thought I had somewhat of an elaborate plan for BEA at home, with lists and charts and a planner. Well, that went out the window pretty much when they opened the doors to the Exhibit Floor. We got there at about 8:30. Trever and I had already registered so Cheryl had to pop down and get her badge to get in.

I waited in the enormous line and almost illegally hopped on board the Rick Springfield line! But I had no ticket. I didn't get up THAT early.

Once the doors opened, it was madness. We kind of stuck together and tried to meander but it was way too hard to see everything. Trever, who had been to conventions before said, "If the book is on a large stack, it's okay to take without asking. If it's on a display or a smaller stack, initiate conversation and ASK! Politely!" This was good to know.

So I said, "I'm going that way. See ya later!"

We went off our separate ways for about an hour to get a grip of the place.

I stumbled through booth after booth picking up things here and there. I made the mistake of hitting up the Hachette Booth and was totally manhandled. It was fun but a little too crazy for me. I'm not going fight you people. I'm just not.

I decided hitting the major publisher booths would be a better idea later in the day. So I headed to a favorite smaller publisher and had a great little chat with them. Overlook Press publishes some good stuff and I knew they would have a copy of the new Penny Vincenzi novel. They did! (hidden away) But they took one out for me! I picked up a few others that they suggested as well.

I could see that the day was going to be long and exhausting carrying all those books so I really tried to pace myself and not take everything I saw. I hit up Harlequin, Simon and Schuster, Chronicle, Grove/Atlantic, Sourcebooks, Candlewick and Workman.

The Exhibit Floor is really just rows and rows of booths with large numbers hanging above them to help you navigate. I had a map and had some of my favorite publishers written down. The major publishers were pretty much in the middle with the smaller ones to one side, the foreign language publishers in one area and the remainders section separate as well.

By lunchtime I had two bags full and almost got one of them stolen. Thanks people. Where's the love? Thankfully my pal Trever interjected with a glare that would kill a puppy. Yikes! (we don't kill puppies, though...just fyi!)

The floor was a madhouse, lots of knocking in to each other and crazy energy. We needed a break to formulate a better plan. We should have done the whole ship out the books thing right from the post office that day, since we passed one at Penn Station. But, no, we were mentally exhausted and took a cab back to the hotel and had some lunch.

That's rephrase that. A SUSHI lunch. !!!

After some yummy food at the sushi spot next to our hotel (secret cool place that will remain nameless!), we headed back empty handed and ready for more.

This time we were hitting up the Autographing Area.

I thought that you could get the same books at the Publisher booths that you could get in the Autographing lines, but I was wrong. So, it was good that I discovered the Autographing area early because I got a lot of cool books that way.

I will include a pic tomorrow or the next day of all of the books I got but I've only received 2 out of the 3 boxes so far. Cross your fingers that I get the other one!

The Autographing Area was a lot of fun. The lines were a little cluttered and disorganized for some of the well known authors. I personally did not encounter any negativity or rudeness between people in line, especially when you were trying to navigate and FIND your correct line.

I had a few authors I really wanted to see and others I just hopped in line and discovered. I got a ton of mysteries; Tess Gerristen, Lisa Gardner, Jonathen Land, etc. I picked up some really great fiction; Kathleen Kent, Debbie Macomber. I got a TON of Children's picture books for the little kiddo. Lots of Mom's Choice Award Winners! Very exciting.

I'll have to list more when all of the books arrive. I'm having a brain freeze moment.

All in all, the Autographing area was the way to go. We spent the rest of the afternoon there stocking up (instead of heading back to the booths), talking to fellow bloggers in line, chatting up with the authors. I handed out a bunch of business cards. All of the authors I spoke to were really receptive to bloggers and genuinely really excited to meet me!

After this wonderful day, I had dinner with my friends at one of our favorite restaurants.

Thalia on West 50th and 8th. Good wine and such delicious food!

We had tickets to Wicked at 8:00 that night and I wanted to stop by and atleast say HI to the folks at the Harper Collins Celebration of Book Bloggers Cocktail hour.

Okay, I hauled ass (pardon my language). I had from 7 to 7:30 to mingle and then run back 10 blocks to the theater to make it in time for one of my all time favorite musicals.

Well, I did it!

During my very short stint at the cocktail hour I met Jenny from Take Me Away, Marie from the Boston Bibliophile and a Avon Publisher rep. I sucked down a glass of water and before I knew it , I was off. I thanked the ladies at the sign in table for hosting this event, grabbed my Swag bag and made it to see Wicked.

I wish I had more time for mingling but I was NOT missing Wicked on Broadway.

I don't need to say much about this fabulous musical. It's awesome. I resisted singing along.

I almost cried when it was over.

"No one mourns the Wicked."

(sigh)

Unfortunately, the night did not end well for this little blogger. Lots of rushing, not enough water, and eating ice cream on the way back to the hotel made for a sick Michelle in the middle of the night. I thought I would be down for the count the next day but good thing, I woke up fine and ready to go!

But that's for tomorrow's post. Day 5: BEA Day 2!

Happy Reading and as always, thanks for stopping by!

red headed book child

After that

NYC: Day 3

NYC: Day 3

Day 3 was all about my friend Trever and I. Cheryl had to do some business in New Jersey so it was a great chance for Trever and I to really spend some time together. Considering we see each other maybe twice a year now, we had a lot of catching up to do.

We started out the day with much needed caffeine. Nothing glamorous at all. Starbucks. $6 latte. (ouch) $3 Water (double ouch). A quick jaunt to buy a camera charger. Yes, I brought the wrong one with me and since my camera died the day before, moments before meeting Rick Riordan, I was not going to miss anymore events.

In addition to Broadway, Trever and I enjoy going to different churches. I love the big, old churches with the stained glass and statues of saints. So we headed to one of our favorites.

St. Patrick's Cathedral in Midtown on 5th Ave. I really wanted to light a candle and say a prayer for a close family member who is battling cancer. While I was there I picked up a Prayer Card of the Patron Saint of Cancer Patients and sent one to my family member.

It was peaceful and was a good start to the day. Always crazy to step into this quiet place in the midst of busy Manhatten.

Then we hopped the train and headed waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay up north, all the way up to 190th to the Cloisters. Beautiful Day, long hike up a big hill (we couldn't exactly find the entrance!) and another peaceful place as well.

We topped off the day with an early dinner at Tea and Sympathy (sigh) and read books in Washington Square Park (another one of my favorite places). The first time Trever and I came to NYC we were not so skilled at finding public bathrooms. We found one at this park and would come back to it numerous times simply because we couldn't find any other public places to go!

We have since moved on from that! Besides, meet way too many crazies in the bathrooms at that place. Oh the stories I could tell...

One more day until BEA! At this point in the trip I was beyond excited and nervous. We went to bed a little earlier than normal this night to gear up for our big, big day!

During this whole time, of course, I had been calling home many, many times to check up on my little kiddo. He was in good hands. No worries. He didn't even miss me. :(

In fact, he almost enjoyed saying "Mama Airplane!"

Thanks, kid.

Stay tuned. Tomorrow is all about the first day of BEA!!!!

Happy Reading and as always, thanks for stopping by!

red headed book child

NYC: Day 2

NYC: Day 2

Monday was the only full day I had with my two friends, Trever and Cheryl, so I knew it was going to be busy and full of our favorite things to do. We each pretty much like the same things about New York especially the shows. We are Broadway Junkies!

We awoke early for vacation standards; completely sleeping in for Stay At Home Mom standards. 8am...luxurious! We hit our favorite diner in Midtown just a few short blocks away from the Best Kept Secret Hotel in the city (wink!).

The diner?

Cosmic Diner on 8th and West 52nd.

Saucy waitresses with thick New York accents calling you honey and constantly keeping your coffee cup full. I love this place like it was home! Be warned though, when they say sausage on the menu, they mean sausage! 3 big huge Bratwurst sized links of meat. Good Morning to me! (or I should say for my friend Cheryl who had no choice but to share)

With full bellies we made our way down to the other somewhat best kept secret in town. The TKTS Booth down along the South Shore in Downtown Manhatten. The picture above is deceiving. I did take that one at the TKTS Booth in Times Square. (cringe)

I do not like waiting in lines for hours. I do not necessarily like large massive shoving crowds of people. So, I tend to stay clear of Times Square if I can.

The TKTS Booth downtown is much less crowded. In fact, you can get your tickets within 20 minutes if you get there at 11:00am when they open.

For those of you new to NYC and the TKTS Booth, this is where you get same day show tickets for 40% or 50% off the list price. Brilliant!

Since it was Monday and most shows are dark on Mondays we had a limited selection. We chose Rock of Ages and it rocked my socks off! If you are a child of the 80s, like I am, this is so much fun to see. REO Speedwagon, Whitesnake, Journey, Styx. Need I go on? How the creators wrapped all of these songs together to make a linear story line is amazing to me. I haven't seen hair this big since, well...my 9th grade school picture.!

But let's jump back to the afternoon. I had a scheduled tour of Scholastic Publishers that was arranged because of my attendance to the Book Blogger Convention. I could not pass this up considering Scholastic publishes almost everything Kid related that I've loved. Harry Potter, Babysitters Club, Canby Hall, 39 Clues, etc.

I met so many lovely bloggers during this tour including

Angela from Dark Faerie Tales

Pam from Bookalicio.us

Gaby from Starting Fresh

And I know I am forgetting a few others but I am trying to organize all of my business cards I got along the way and remembering faces to cards. :)

Scholastic was a blast! The tour guides were so friendly whether they were publicists or the marketing department. We got a chance to see the Archives where they had all of the older books from my child hood, like the Canby Hall series! They had a giant sized Clifford doll that I knew my son would LOVE but, it was much too big to smuggle out of there :)

They gave us lots of cool ARCs to fill our bags and we got a chance to meet Rick Riordan. He was just hanging out in the offices signing stock! So cool until my camera decided to die right before I met him. Grrr.

After drooling over the glass case of all of the first editions of Harry Potter, we got a chance to meet Young Adult author, Aimee Friedman. She is the author of the South Beach books for Teens. She was a delight! She did a little Q & A and signed copies for all of us.

Then we had a great group photo on the roof and went on our way.

All in all, Monday: Day 2 in NYC proved to be a great start to an exciting week!

I finished out my afternoon with scones and clotted cream at Tea and Sympathy in the Village. Sigh. I wish I was there now.

I will include a pic of that place later in the week because I went there multiple times. I'm a little addicted to the place and the cute, hairy Scottish boys with accents that work next door. :)

Until tomorrow...

Happy reading and as always, thanks for stopping by!

red headed book child

NYC-One Day At A Time

Dear Followers and Friends,

I am back from NYC. For those of you new to my blog, I have been away in the Big Apple for BEA and the first ever Book Blogger Convention.

Yes, it's true. I was part of the fabulous group of trendsetters.

I had a wonderful time and met so many wonderful people that I have been following and reading for months. It was such a pleasure to meet these individuals and a whole bunch of new people as well.

But before I tell you all about those events, I will tell you about my trip as a whole. BEA and the Book Blogger Convention happened mid week starting on Wednesday for me. I arrived on Sunday full of long lists of things to do.

I have been to NYC 4 times now with the same two people that I went with this time around. My best friend, Trever, who went under the bookseller hat and my friend, Cheryl, who is an archivist. Both were able to go with me to BEA.

We are all three lovers of the city; the sights, the food, the people, the shows, the energy. We love it all...even the subway. I, of course, have no sense of smell so I probably love some areas more then they do!

So we arrived on Sunday, after many a delay and lost luggage, and hurriedly checked in the same little hotel we always stay in in the heart of Midtown. To let you all know the name would be telling you a best kept secret. So sorry. :)

We couldn't waste a minute. We walked the streets looking for the "perfect" place to eat. In NYC, you have a restaurant every two steps.

Picking one is a tremendously hard thing to do.

We wanted comfort food after our long day of travels so we stumbled on

Bocca Di Bacco on 9th and West 55th.

Authentic Italian food for typical New York prices.

We never hold back when it comes to food in NYC. It's just not worth it. It's expensive everywhere but more often that not it's worth it.

Unfortunately, this was one of the places that catered more to the design of the dish rather then the amount of food. So, yes, instead of getting a good old helping of Tortellini, I got 5 pieces (or some such ridiculously small amount).

I love to eat. I love to eat a lot. In fact, my friends commented on how often I get hungry. Chalk it up to having a two year old or having my body get all whacked out after having a two year old but I can eat all day.

So, needless to say, delicious as it was, those few pieces of yummy Tortellini were not enough. At all. Not with a gigantic glass of red wine.

Can you say No Tolerance?

So I did the only thing I could. I ordered a piece of chocolate cake...one for each of us and I was pretty sure I could eat all three but thank goodness, this portion was a good size.

After our meal, we walked the streets and soaked it all in and planned our big week.

Would I be able to sleep without my little kiddo?

Would I be able to schmooze with all these new people?

Would they all start immediately un-following me once they meet me?

Would it physically be possible to smuggle the life size Clifford doll out of the Scholastic offices?

What if I spend my mortgage payment on boxes of books to send back?

Would I be prepared to do an impromptu duet with Bernadette Peters if she asked?

And, lastly, are my feet going to survive?

Stay tuned for my daily posts this week on my adventures in NYC!

Happy Reading and as always, thanks for stopping by! It's good to be back.

red headed book child

BEA and Book Blogger Convention: Need Feedback!

Hi Everyone.

BEA and the 1st Annual Book Blogger Convention are less than 2 weeks away already and I, well, I am filled with so much excitement that i think I may burst. Of course, I am also filled with dread and anxiety over leaving my son for a whole week that I kind of want to vomit all the time now. (nervous laugh)

With that aside, I am trying to organize this trip.

I initially set it up to go with my two good friends, Cheryl and Trever. Both of them are former booksellers and of course, book LOVERS. But this fun trip is turning into the potential to be more business than fun (and that's good). I am trying to figure out how much I want to do, how much I want to "market" myself and am i ready for the attention if i do all of this?

So I've made business cards. I've read the websites to see who is coming to BEA. I've organized my days a bit. But I've also made sure I left lots of time for fun; shows, food, seeing the city again, etc. Because really it can't all be about me! Did I really just say that? :)

I would like to get some feedback from those who are going and from maybe those that have gone before.

1. Do you stay at BEA all day long? Is it just too overwhelming?

2. How many other events are any of you doing? (I'm noticing there are lots of Meetings at night that are happening)

3. Are you getting a ton of emails from publishers now asking you for interviews and such?

I am just curious as to how everyone else is gearing up for this event.

I really want to discover lots of new books and meet some people along the way. I also want to chat with other bloggers and see what the publishing world thinks of us and get to know others.

Hopefully I'll hear from a few of you.

Thanks for stopping by!

red headed book child