On 11/6/19, I had the privilege of being one of about 25 authors to participate in the first AuthorFest of Newton, MA, organized by Creative Arts & Sciences.
This gave me the opportunity to do the following:
return to the state where I attended and adored college (Brandeis University)speak at Day Middle School, where the students were great and where I got the chance to see a college friend who teaches there for the first time since
college; she appeared in a
play I wrote (based on various tellings of Frankenstein) and directedmeet students from other schools at a collective book signing held that afternoon for several hours
meet in person authors/illustrators I’d
previously known only through email; this included Scott Magoon and Matt Tavarescatch up with author friends I all-too-rarely see in person; this included Josh Funkmake new author friends get honked at a lot more than usual (a Massachusetts tradition)
Thank you again to Stacey Moriarty and your team for including me in what I feel was a smashing success!
Published on November 22, 2019 04:00