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Book Fesitvals and Events, oh my!
May. 3rd, 2019 09:17 pmI can't believe it's already May! Last weekend was Untitledtown in Green Bay, this weekend is the FemFair at Hamline, next weekend is Wordplay, the week after is our Cream & Amber reading and then it's off to WisCon. And then asbestos abatement and furnace replacement. And then the attic, which has to be remodeled so we don't pour all of that lovely, energy efficient heat out into the Minnesota winter. By the time all is said and done, this will all cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $33K. Hopefully not much more than that. Buy a book. Buy two. Yay for subliminal advertising. It will be worth it in the long run, but seriously stressful in the meantime.
I can't believe it's already May! Last weekend was Untitledtown in Green Bay, this weekend is the FemFair at Hamline, next weekend is Wordplay, the week after is our Cream & Amber reading and then it's off to WisCon. And then asbestos abatement and furnace replacement. And then the attic, which has to be remodeled so we don't pour all of that lovely, energy efficient heat out into the Minnesota winter. By the time all is said and done, this will all cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $33K. Hopefully not much more than that. Buy a book. Buy two. Yay for subliminal advertising. It will be worth it in the long run, but seriously stressful in the meantime.
So, UntitledTown. My room in Green Bay had a whirlpool tub and I was in it every night of the festival. If I ever win a lottery, we're getting one. It was glorious. In fact, the whole bathroom at the inn I stayed at was amazing. Food was good (we found an excellent tapas place, among other things), there was a fab tea shop/used bookstore and we met lovely people. My presentation on starting a small press went well and my talk at the Pride Center went well. The Book Fair was kind of a bust in terms of sales and the one panel I was skewed heavily toward kidlit, which meant I didn't have much to say for longish periods of time. I did point some young transkids to some book resources they hadn't found on their own and clearly made their day, so that was lovely. Apart from that, the Cheetoh Fascist was in town, but everyone seemed to be vigorously avoiding talking about him. Overall, a pleasant weekend, if a lot of work.
This week's other great event of note was going to hear Cherrie Moraga read at the Hook & Ladder's new arts space. It was terrific, she was charming and she wrote a lovely note in my copy of her memoir. It's always nice when people you admired in your youth turn out to be cool later in life, just saying. Especially of late.
This Sunday, Queen of Swords Press will have a book table at FemFair from 12-4. This is a new feminist arts and crafts event hosted by Hamline University Women's Resource Center. And I'm doing it instead of HOBT's MayDay, which pains me a bit, but it's a benefit and my knee has been a tad ouchy since Vegas, enough so that I don't think I'm up to the rigors of walking, sitting at weird angles, standing for hours, etc. So hard choices, but probably for the best. At any rate, if you're in the mood for indoor fun, stop by. It looks like it will be fun.
And now to go get some sleep, finally.
I can't believe it's already May! Last weekend was Untitledtown in Green Bay, this weekend is the FemFair at Hamline, next weekend is Wordplay, the week after is our Cream & Amber reading and then it's off to WisCon. And then asbestos abatement and furnace replacement. And then the attic, which has to be remodeled so we don't pour all of that lovely, energy efficient heat out into the Minnesota winter. By the time all is said and done, this will all cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $33K. Hopefully not much more than that. Buy a book. Buy two. Yay for subliminal advertising. It will be worth it in the long run, but seriously stressful in the meantime.
So, UntitledTown. My room in Green Bay had a whirlpool tub and I was in it every night of the festival. If I ever win a lottery, we're getting one. It was glorious. In fact, the whole bathroom at the inn I stayed at was amazing. Food was good (we found an excellent tapas place, among other things), there was a fab tea shop/used bookstore and we met lovely people. My presentation on starting a small press went well and my talk at the Pride Center went well. The Book Fair was kind of a bust in terms of sales and the one panel I was skewed heavily toward kidlit, which meant I didn't have much to say for longish periods of time. I did point some young transkids to some book resources they hadn't found on their own and clearly made their day, so that was lovely. Apart from that, the Cheetoh Fascist was in town, but everyone seemed to be vigorously avoiding talking about him. Overall, a pleasant weekend, if a lot of work.
This week's other great event of note was going to hear Cherrie Moraga read at the Hook & Ladder's new arts space. It was terrific, she was charming and she wrote a lovely note in my copy of her memoir. It's always nice when people you admired in your youth turn out to be cool later in life, just saying. Especially of late.
This Sunday, Queen of Swords Press will have a book table at FemFair from 12-4. This is a new feminist arts and crafts event hosted by Hamline University Women's Resource Center. And I'm doing it instead of HOBT's MayDay, which pains me a bit, but it's a benefit and my knee has been a tad ouchy since Vegas, enough so that I don't think I'm up to the rigors of walking, sitting at weird angles, standing for hours, etc. So hard choices, but probably for the best. At any rate, if you're in the mood for indoor fun, stop by. It looks like it will be fun.
And now to go get some sleep, finally.