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IMPORTANT NOTE: I meant early August in the email. Not early July. As always, things have a tendency to change last minute when on-site. But this is the plan. PLEASE SAVE THE LINK TO THIS BLOG POST OR EMAIL IT TO YOURSELF - If there are changes I will update here on this specific blog post. After I post one of these blogs I often get an influx of questions, and I appreciate the questions and clarifications, I just need you to know I'm going to be out of town this week and Cardyn also won't be available. That means email responses will resume when we return which will be a mere two weeks before the fest. We are a little in our feels about this being our last year, but Cardyn and I have had a lot of time to reflect and discuss how much we are looking forward to seeing everybody. If you haven't seen it, please check out the article about us at The Baltimore Banner (which is a newspaper I subscribe to, trust, and love). It's so nice and made us really feel seen during a tough year. https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/opinion/column/book-festival-write-women-bowie-654CYWAVUBC4HKSRFUB22623TU/ MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REVIEW IS THE LINK BELOW It lists your table/space (half or full, with or without assistant for full tables), your lunch selection, and how many after-party passes you have. If you had to cancel and your name is on this list, I missed it and I need to know please. If you switched table sizes, or paid for an assistant and it's not accounted for on this master list, please let me know. It is just for viewing, so let me know in email if something is wrong. Please don't request changes unless we've made a mistake or it's urgent. Things can get confusing very quickly when a lot of last-minute requests come in, and then mistakes happen. With that being said, apologies in advance if there are mistakes. We have not made many, but we try to make none! And they are never meant as disrespect. https://docs.google.com/document/d/19wGUL1us_99KC2SPaZfGH1VzZNa_xLdoPNnQpslKIPY/edit?usp=sharing SATURDAY 7/19 CHECK-IN 10am-10:45am Check-In
BOXED LUNCH These will be set out when ready and somebody will let you know to pick up your lunch. Last time folks had to wait in a line, but this year they are going to stack them on some tables and you just run over and grab yours. They will be sorted by lunch type, either the REGULAR TURKEY SANDWICH or a GF VEGETARIAN. We have a couple of really specific special allergen orders, but we can't manage a lot of those so if you can do turkey sandwich or GF veg, that's great. Authors who paid a full table with assistant fee get two lunches. The kind of lunch allocated to you is on the sheet I linked at the top of this blog that I need everybody to look at. If you can't remember what lunch you ordered on the day-of, you can refer back to this blog post for the sheet. CLOSING You can begin tidying up at 4:30pm at your discretion. Obviously if it's busy and you might make a sale, do that! Please be packed up and ready for the after-party by 5:30pm. The after-party is only for authors and whoever the author has decided to bring as a guest. Full table with assistant registration came with two passes to the after-party. Full table no assistant came with one pass to the after-party. Half tables came with one pass to the after-party. AuthorTubers and Narrators get one after-party pass each. People were allowed to buy extra after-party tickets for $65 if they wanted to. If you want an additional pass they are now $75 and I need to know by July 3rd at the latest. VENUE INFO FOR SATURDAY Bowie Comfort Inn & Conference Center 4500 Crain Hwy. Bowie, MD, 20716, US (301) 464-0089 SUNDAY INFO JULY 20, 2025 South Bowie Public Library 15301 Hall Road Bowie, MD 2-4pm CHECK-IN There will be a table to check-in at. Just bring your badge from the day before. Please arrive a little ahead of your time. This day is a lot more chill and hopefully will be like a warm writing community hug. If you are a moderator please have a few questions prepared for the panel attendees that relates to the genre. If you have time, it's awesome to look up the authors and visit their socials or website ahead. I know we're all busy. Good questions and good vibes is all that is required. I don't know what the A/V situation is in the library, so if you need something specific let Cardyn and I know ASAP please. We are excited about being at the library for day two. It's not what we had originally envisioned, but we love the library and are so happy they have cooperated with us to make this happen. Cardyn and I love the fact that most of you were on board to PIVOT with us, because we tried our best to give an equally valuable hybrid experience and we are pretty sure most of you see that. This year has been wild trying to promote and do cheerful marketing while so many people are feeling strapped and stressed. Thank you for all of the nice notes we have received and "cheer ups" you've all tried to provide as we navigate all of this uncertainty. Anyway, we think that Sunday will be nice, and the virtual additions will give us so much more material to connect through and promote with. IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND ONE OF THE SUNDAY EVENTS AS AN ATTENDEE PLEASE SIGN UP ASAP! THE SPACE IS VERY LIMITED. I know some of you will be tired from day one and some of you are heading out of town, but we hope the rest of you will come out and be with us for this one last Write Women Book Fest moment. IF YOU ARE A NEWER AUTHOR and you are self publishing, I highly recommend Erin's mini-workshop. She's an expert, so even folks who have already published indie can still gain some insight from Erin. SIGN UP TO ATTEND PANELS OR THE WORKSHOP HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZkUMPwBgnXDIoaa8gbenMb1wPrzSwilvYuSfuOOpEGKiNrg/viewform?usp=header  
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