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July 2011

Readercon — Saturday July 16, 2011

The start of a whole new day. Managed to get down to the Book Shop to open on time. We moved one of our bookshelves in order to help get traffic to our table when authors are doing signings. We’re right next to the autograph tables and when the lines get long they block off […]

Readercon — July 15, 2011 — Friday

We got in late yesterday for Readercon 22 — too late to setup in the Book Shop and too tired to attend any of the Thursday evening events. Instead we got our luggage and personal items out of the car, checked in to the hotel and crashed. Friday morning. The hotel has a Starbucks in […]

My Readercon Schedule for July 15-17th, 2011

We’ll be heading to Readercon this weekend. Readercon is one of the few conventions that I attend each year. SFRevu has a table in the dealers’ room — our semi-annual book sale to clear out our basement actually so if you’re there stop by the table for a chat. Here’s my schedule: Friday: 12:00 PM […]

Review: Wicked, the musical — the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.

Wicked – The Musical Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Book by Winnie Holzman Directed by Joe Mantello Synopsis: Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One–born with emerald green skin–is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these […]