SCBWI New York Part Three: A Taping of ABCs The View

Since the main character in my work-in-progress ends up on a couple of TV shows, I couldn't resist a fellow SCBWI Regional Advisor's invitation to join her for a taping of The View. Research, right? Okay, so I do watch Hot Topics during my lunch break--how else would I keep up on celebrity divorces?

We had to arrive two hours before the taping where we waited in line with about two hundred others. I've never seen so many people with great hair and makeup crammed into one place. Plus, we were a...