13 Tips for Preparing for a Live Author Event

I'm covertly writing this blog post while sitting behind my very own booth at Realm Makers (don't worry, everyone is in a panel right now so I'm not ignoring anyone).

And, honestly, I still can't believe I'm here. I've been planning this event for six months....and have been dreaming about selling my books since I was old enough to know how to write. There's been so much leading up to this. Sarcastic blog posts full of writing tips, short stories full of honesty, twitter feeds full of Batman g...