More discussions of the book

It was a heady weekend. In fact, a heady two weekends.

Two weekends ago, I was on a panel with five other Wisconsin authors as part of the Wisconsin Book Festival. We each had a chance to talk about our books, how they originated and how they were published. The crowd was very interested and it was great to meet readers.

This past weekend, Barbara and I attended Schwartz' Bookstores "Reader's Retreat" at The Abbey in Fontana, on Lake Geneva. It's a sprawling resort but we didn't have time to enjoy it because there was one author sessions after another. I especially enjoyed Erin Richards, who wrote "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" and Ron McLarty, who wrote "Traveler."

On Saturday afternoon and again on Sunday morning, I was on a panel with two other Wisconsin writers, Lesley Kagen, who wrote "Whistling in the Dark," and C. J. Hribal, a Marquette professor who wrote "The Company Car." Again, the audiences were great and asked a lot of questions. And, they bought books! An extraordinary weekend.