This weekend I got to attend the Decatur Book Festival, my first book festival and first book signing. JASNA-Georgia helped host the Jane Austen Now and Then tents and made all of the the attending authors feel very welcome.

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Thanks to JASNA for all they did to make us feel welcome.

I am grateful to my roommate, friend and author liaison Barbara who put up with me all weekend.  Yes, I do always eat chocolate for breakfast and I will loose my mind if I don’t make the bed as soon as I get up.

I loved getting to catch up with old friends, meet e-friends face to face, and make new friends.  Swapping hurricane stories with Barbra and Jack was a highpoint for sure.

I so appreciated the veteran authors in attendance. They were so willing to encourage and share their insight. I learned so much.

Thanks to Jan and all the volunteers who worked so hard to make it all happen.  It was a long, hot weekend and their enthusiasm never faltered.

It isn’t often we can get together we so many people in our writing community in a single place and time. What a totally memorable weekend!