#bea2014

"At times, so I have been told, when she was younger, she would be so furious at her confinement that she would throw great valuables out of her window, that she would smash crystal glass and grandmother clocks and alabaster busts.  The only constant in that constant room with her was the great marble mantelpiece.  All else was in a state of flux.  Once, after a tempest - up, and, having scratched at the floorboards in her misery until her fingermails were cracked and bleeding, had opened a double set of windows and propelled her own servant from her room down, down onto the cobbles below. 

All was forever changing, only Grandmother and the mantelpiece remained the same."

BEA2014 Recap Part 1 – Pre-BEA and Teen Author Carnival

I have been home from BEA for six days now (only 354 days until BEA2015!) and I can finally check off some amazing things from my bookish bucket list (which I just made up).  But more on that in a sec.  Overall, it was great to see old RT13 friends and meet amazing bloggers I’ve chatted with on twitter, and of course, ALL THE BOOKS!

  Click on images to enlarge. Tuesday (T-2 Days to BEA)

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On Saturday, May 31, I went to Book Expo America 2014 for the first time. The Javits Center is a huge place, and the experience is a bit overwhelming. Thus the only picture on my phone is this one:

Spencer Hill founder Kate Kaynak took this of me with Laura Diamond, author of The Zodiac Collector, before our joint signing.

But through the magic of social media, it is not the only photo of me. I show up, Where’s Waldo-like, in the background of other photos.