First off, I apologize for the blogging hiatus. I was preparing my mind and soul for the most magical land in the world. The...
That's right, the BEA. Ladies and gentlemen, may I just say that if you haven't been to this event, you must make sure that you attend at least once in your life. It is the highlight of my year. Remember years ago, seeing those super lucky kids winning the shopping sprees on television? Well it's like winning one of those, plus a whole lot more, and THEN a whole lot more. The publishers give away ARCs (and you can get as many as you like...for free), pulitzer-prize winners are signing books, celebrities make appearances, it's a chance to meet up and coming authors, and its a place to network, network, network.
I, for one, was super excited about seeing the Spencer Hill Press people. Here are some photo highlights:
Me and my baller suit
Me and my wonderful editor/publisher/literary mom, Kate Kaynak
SHP authors: Me, Lisa Amowitz, Emily White
The Macmillan booth. Some awesome ARCs from there.
Autograph queues: Some of those girls have been sitting for a looooong time to see.... I'm gonna say, Kristin Cashore?
Me spider-man looming over my book haul.
Oh yeah.
More to come later....
You gonna share those books with those less fortunate than you who could only attend one day???
ReplyDeleteIm am Kim! I'm going to be holding PLENTY of giveaways on the blog. Although I've actually given more than half of those away to family and friends
DeleteBEA is officially on my bucket list...
ReplyDeleteAs well it should be :)
DeleteSO jealous! Looks like you had a blast and what an amazing haul! I'm a new book blogger so I'm just now learning about all these cool events, but you bet your arse I'll be there one of these years soon!
ReplyDeleteLove the post! :)
I seriously hope you do. It is the experience of a lifetime
DeleteOne of these years I'll get to go to BEA, but for now I'm envious of everyone who goes.
ReplyDeleteThat is a ton of books! How many books did you end up getting?
I got over 200! I gave 120 to friends and family already, but I'll be giving plenty of them to my lucky blog followers so make sure to stop on back!
Deleteawwwww! kate looks GORGEOUS in that pic!
ReplyDeletei'm glad you all had SUCH a BLAST!!!
and jiminey christmas that's a lotta books!
You guys make me hate it more and more that I wasn't able to make it! I'm glad you had fun, but you definitely need to post more pictures! :-D
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