This weekend, Nov. 1-3, booklovers will gather at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to snatch up some new books and book-related stuff and—my favorite part—to see and listen to lots of authors writing lots of great books. The Baltimore Book Festival has become my home in the past few years. Cancel everything! I have to hang with my…
The sun hadn’t shone for days but when the Baltimore Book Festival opened Friday morning, the clouds slipped out of the way of the sun and we were treated to three gorgeous early fall days. Baltimore’s Inner Harbor was packed with book-lovers. I spent a lot of time with the Maryland Romance Writers. Even though I…
The Baltimore Book Festival is set to begin Friday morning at 11. If you love books and writers, words and sentences, grammar and punctuation, pizza and Asian steamed buns (I always have to mention food), this is your festival. The Maryland Romance Writers tent is on Light Street near the Visitors Center. The schedule is…
For the Baltimore Book Festival, I have been asked to participate in a fun game of book cover Bingo with fellow members of the Maryland Romance Writers. It is my responsibility to come up with five covers of five books I LOVE!!! to go on the game boards. How to choose? I read a ton…
I love the Baltimore Book Festival. I buy too many books to carry and meet authors I LOVE. Now that I have a book of my very own published, I get to meet people who have read my book or who want to read it. It’s humbling and so exciting. This year, I’ll be at…
Book lovers flock to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor every September for the Baltimore Book Festival. I’ve been a regular for years. Not only did I scoop up as many books as I could carry, I talked to authors. Do you know how exciting it is to speak to one of your favorites? Last year I spoke…
I had no idea how wonderful it would be to talk to readers about my Maureen, Joe, Patrick and Eliza. It’s as if they have really jumped out of my mind and off the page and entered the world. They are living and breathing and winning the hearts of those who meet them. I’m so…
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