On the BEA Front

If I'd been better prepared I would have done something similar to my "Girl's Guide to Edgar Week" for BEA but instead, some bullet points:

• Pre-show articles courtesy of the Associated Press and the LA Times;
• Look for photos from all variety of participants thanks to Publishers Marketplace's BEA Photo Blog, which has been made possible by Flickr;
• Mary Reagan will be covering the convention for Crime Spree, and it's highly likely that pics will be showing up on her fabulous photoblog;
• And I'll be out and about at various parties, panels and the like, including the following:

• Thursday: Backspace Writers Conference, where I'll moderate a panel featuring Lee Child, David Morrell, Harry Hunsicker, Barry Eisler and Jeff Anderson. To say I am in august company is understating things by a ton. Then in the evening you can find me first at the Slipper Room for the Litblog Co-Op's party, then later at Partners & Crime for Akashic Book's launch for BROOKLYN NOIR 2 and THE COCAINE CHRONICLES.

• Saturday: It's Mystery & Suspense Day at BEA which means I'll be running from panel to panel, including my own* about media perspectives on mystery readers. I'll also be paying special attention to the Book Buzz Forum at 1 PM that day to see if my thoughts jibe with those of the editors taking part...

And of course, everyone will pay attention to footwear. Because they can.

*Yes, I know quite well that it's misspelled. I thought it was amusing so I didn't bother sending in a correction.

Comments

[David J. Montgomery]

You're a blooger and you know it! :p

[Mary]

Can't wait for everything to start. I've got a list a mile long of folks I want to photograph, and Jon Jordan has added a few names as well. Plus I promised Maggie Griffin that I would get some good pictures of Lee Child in action since she can't be there. And then there's all those new authors that I don't know anything about. I figure I'll just photograph everyone, being sure to take better notes on who they are than I usually do. But its going to be a great weekend.

[christin]

i expect a full footwear report in preparation for BCon 05. Mary, perhaps a photojournalistic study of footwear trends at the BEA? no? yeah.

[Mary]

Now that's an interesting idea. Sort of like all of the Save Moe button pictures I took at Bcon. We could have a contest - name those feet.