First, I want to thank everyone who came out to the meet and greet while getting their books signed. It was exceptionally nice meeting everyone. Thanks for your purchases and photos. My husband, Rod Cornelius, and I truly enjoyed every moment.
Now on to my happenings.
The mood was ripe and ready on Saturday which was to be the longest and typically the most exciting day of festival. There were aisles of authors who wrote everything from children’s books, historical, how to, inspirational, and my favorite — FICTION! I normally can’t bring all my books to a festival because I have so many, therefore, I choose the novels, and between my books and Rod’s, they filled the table. See what I mean…
Around the afternoon is when the crowds started rolling in, and I was pleased to see the faces that I personally invited out along with the brand new faces that I was able to meet and greet throughout the event.
There was this family of ladies that I remember most of all because their conversation was way too cute. They were sisters with their mother, and as they combed through the books prior to making their selections, they were all too funny and kind.
This young lady ended up deciding on Ain’t Quite What I Thought! and she was smiling the whole time from ear to ear. I just loved her, so we had to USie because I love USie moments.
From there, the signing really popped into action as more gathered at the table for the meet and greet, so there was even more fun. Sorry, couldn’t get photos at the time of it all because well…our heads were down. You get the picture.
Let me back up a minute though. Remember when I mentioned a week or two before this festival 
that I was going to embark on an IT WORKS journey? Well, the IT WORKS distributor came to the book festival and picked up one of Rod’s books titled UGLY! Now, she’s also a friend of mine, so kudos to her, and she already knows she rocks.
Now on to Sunday’s adventures, it was a slower but still very impactful day. I continued to make time to interview some very wonderful people, but before I got to it, as soon as book festival started, some fam popped up! Of course, he has that flair for fashion, working his own unique style while he jacked up two books of his own – Murders at Gabriel’s Trails and Ugly. Good going!
It’s always good to see fam come out in full support. More fam did show up, but most are entirely camera shy, so those pics will be kept for my own personal collection.
By the way, recall the interview I did with Christine Young-Robinson of We Didn’t See It Coming? Yeah, we snapped it up as well. We’re both veterans in the game now, and we go way back!
One of the funnest moments I had as the festival neared a close is my USie with the Columbia Writer’s Alliance. They are a group of wonderful authors, so we linked up and started grinning for one huge photo. All in all, we had a great time!
Until the next book festival, we say…LATER!
