Entries Tagged as ‘Library Conference’

January 20, 2007

Seattle, Day 2, Part 2

At the American Library Association’s (ALA’s) Midwinter Meeting exhibit hall, there are thousands of exhibitors. The exhibits are spread out across two exhibit halls. My daughter Aedin and I went through one of the exhibit halls today.
Here are some of the special things we saw and did:
Terry Trueman, the author of Stuck in Neutral, [...]

January 20, 2007

Seattle, Day 2, Part 1

So, last night’s events were interesting, but both Aedin and I were pretty tired. We had done so much during the day already.
Mercedes Lackey was not able to attend the SciFi/Fantasy Authors’ Panel. But there was another woman, Laini Taylor, who was wonderful. I got an autographed copy of her first (upcoming) [...]

January 19, 2007

Seattle, Day 1

Our flight from Portland, ME took twelve hours door to door.
There were two plane rides:
1.5 hours from Portland, ME to Washington, D.C.
5.5 hours from Washington, D.C. to Seattle, WA
There is a three hour time difference between Portland, ME and Seattle, WA. Although my daughter, Aedin and I got up before 7 AM here, it [...]