tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10847733.post878639506929262926..comments2008-05-31T08:45:37.112-07:00Franceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00841865048085425498FDinkelspiel@gmail.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10847733.post-51223714104927077812008-05-31T07:58:00.000-07:002008-05-31T07:58:00.000-07:00Frances, I'm here for BEA, too. Seems unlikely we will bump into each other, but I hope you enjoy the spectacle. Readers and writers might prefer the LA Times Festival of Books, which I attended for the first time this year and enjoyed immensely. It's free, mixes indoor and outdoor activity, has strong panels, and is fun.Peter Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16042079618030247691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10847733.post-15908165363949389372008-05-28T13:03:00.000-07:002008-05-28T13:03:00.000-07:00Hey Frances,<BR/><BR/>Here's hoping you're not relegated to the sidewalk. But if you're bored, run around to the iUniverse booth and check out the book, Titanic: Relative Fate. (Sadly, I, the author, can't attend.) Thanks!<BR/><BR/>VictoriaVictoria Kinghttp://www.vcking.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10847733.post-65934871477674331402008-05-28T10:42:00.000-07:002008-05-28T10:42:00.000-07:00Hello Frances! I shall add my small account of BEA: I've gone once, and had no idea ahead of time (a) what this WAS, (b) how many people would be there, (c) how far away my table would be from the central action, (d) how challenging it would be to engage in actual conversations, more than skin (or book cover) deep, and (e) how much fun I'd have talking to a handful of other authors looking as startled and discomfited (and amused) as I felt.<BR/><BR/>Have a great time!! I think you're going as a wonderful blogger AND an author, and as an observer of our culture in one of its more fascinating aspects.Harriet Chessmanwww.harrietchessman.comnoreply@blogger.com