I’m just back from Oklahoma where I appeared on a panel at Encyclomedia with fellow 2k8ers Stacy Nyikos, PJ Hoover and Barrie Summy. It our first time meeting each other, but I feel like we are already friends. And the librarians in Oklahoma were fantastic! I’m honored so many of them came to see us. 
It was lovely to get a chance to meet so many of them after the talk as well, and I certainly hope I can return to Oklahoma someday (maybe even to meet some students.)
For a couple of us it was our first ever speaking event, so the nerves were high. I think we were all relieved to hear from audience members who enjoyed it. And if I may say so myself, we didn’t look too bad either!
After our post-panel book signing organized by the wonderful indie Best of Books, it was time to be interviewed by the Oklahoma TV show Read All About It!
I’d never been interviewed for TV before, so that was quite a treat.
To seem some more fantastic pics of the weekend, check out Barrie and PJ’s blogs.
In other news, I’m in the news. This week’s Deerfield Review features an article about little old me. Click here if you’d like to read it.
It was fantastic meeting you and hanging with you, too! You were awesome!
My son lost a tooth last night, and for the first time, the tooth fairy forgot to come! Bad Tooth Fairy. I think she just snuck in there a few minutes ago.
Sounds like a fantastic trip!
And how cool you got to meet Tricia and other 2k8ers!
Jim Danielson
It was very fun meeting you! And I do think we looked even better than the pic shows! 🙂