WHEW! That was a lot...

Hello Readers!

Well, things have settled down finally. We're back home after a whirlwind weekend at the LA Times Festival of Books. You could say it was...one for the books. We needed multiple days to recover.

Not pictured: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE!

There were people everywhere! Over 159,000!

Live music across multiple stages kept everything lively and loud. Our booth was on the main thoroughfare near the entrance, so we were constantly seeing scores of people coming hither and yon. Our neighbor booth was a children's author with a wonderful pop-up book about rock and roll legends getting lots of well-deserved attention. And then Blippi decided to do a photo op next to our booth too! He's a rock star to the under-6 crowd. We got nervous. Blippi was rolling with security!


These splendid people were our first customers of the festival


We were also lucky enough to be next to the poetry stage, and during slower times we were able to pop over and hear some beautiful recitations. 

We sold a lot of books! Thank you to everyone who came out, discovered us, and took a chance on one of our novels. We also got some great feedback on our book covers. Seems like Jackal in the Mirror really has an effect on people. It wasn't just the book sales though, we met many wonderful folks and had great conversations--about varied topics like our writing process, their experiences creating, paranormal encounters, and psychic sex (have you read Ascension yet?). 


This cover compelled folks to come over and talk to us

The written word was not the only thing attracting attention on Saturday and Sunday. The USC Marching band, Pod Save America, and a Will Trent screening were just a few of the non-book-related features. The booth down the way from us was killing it with their handmade jewelry also.

Us at our booth!

And the food! We had some dynamite jambalaya and gumbo from the N'awlins food truck. We were actually in line at Cinnabon at one point, and then when we saw one bun was 900 calories we just couldn't do it. There was a pizza truck, a poke truck, a burger truck; we wish we had been able to try them all. 

We believe in the transformative power of storytelling! Thank you to everyone who attended, whether you bought a book from us or not. It was inspiring to see so many people all in one place to celebrate this art form. We're calling this one a success.

Until next time (we're going back to sleep!),

~2authors




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