I had a wonderful time at the Beaverton City Library’s Local Author Fair this past weekend. 

I got to talk to so many people about what they enjoy reading, and I met some lovely fellow authors from the area.  Elizabeth Beechwood and I had side-by-side tables, and one highlight was when Mindy Hardwick, one of the other participating authors, came over to tell us she had taken our workshop Creating Nonhuman Characters while writing one of her children’s books, The World Is a Sniff—which features a dog narrator!  We also got to say hi to the always fabulous Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito as we visited each other’s tables. 

Later in the weekend, I finally visited Next Level Pinball Museum in nearby Hillsboro.  Several folks had told me how much I’d love it, and they were right!  It’s room after room of arcade games and pinball machines, with collectibles displayed over every inch of the walls. 

That was a lot of excitement for me in one weekend.  At least I have some time to recover before StokerCon…