24 hours in LA

Today I earned my keep at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, which was a much bigger affair than I imagined. It pretty much dominated all of UCLA's campus and was a wonderland of tents, booths, and buildings. I showed up there bright and early--by which I mean 1pm--with Heather Brewer, author of the Vladimir Tod series.



We signed books for long lines of readers but were on a limited time schedule, so we had to clip certain things, like posed pictures. People could take action shots of u...