Hanging out with other writers -or- steal from the best
Recently I was at the very first YA Fest in Eaton, PA and a grand time was had by all. There were more than 30 authors in attendance and though the day I bet 200 teens came through the door. Like many book events, the authors were seated at long tables that ringed the library, and my table-mates included Jonathan Maberry, Jennifer Hubbard and Crissa-Jean Chappell. and if you're asking yourself, "how did you get so lucky?" I do not know. I DO know that just hanging out and chatting with fellow authors is time well spent. We didn't spend a lot of that time talking about our craft and the muses that speak to us because no one talks like that. But we shared stores of inspiration, frustration, motivation and doubt. A lot more doubt than you'd expect. It was therapeutic, yes, but mostly it was it was fun.
