|
THE BASICS
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 by 5pm. AUTHOR/VENDOR ONLY AFTER PARTY 5:30-7PM (Short and sweet, like us.) Keynote Speech by Golden Angel Appetizers (spinach puffs, chicken skewers, fruit tray kind of thing) and cash bar and some music by DJ Kelley Hildebrand Goodbye mini-speech by Heather & Cardyn The after-party is only for authors and whoever the author has decided to bring as a guest (and paid for their after-party pass). 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. 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.  
|
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
June 2025
Categories |
RSS Feed
