Have I mentioned I'm lousy about taking pictures?

I am currently in the process of creating a Shutterfly album entitled "Two Years of Catch-Up in Best-Guess Chronological Order."  Yes, no one will be hiring me to brainstorm book titles anytime soon.

I also had a blast at the Pacific Northwest Book Festival yesterday, in the amazing company of Helen Landalf (FLYAWAY), Megan Bostic (NEVER EIGHTEEN), Kristin Halbrook (NOBODY BUT US) and J. Anderson Coats (THE WICKED & THE JUST), talking world-building in contemporary and historical fiction, starting from plot versus character, the dreaded "second book," and all kinds of great stuff.

That said, you'll just have to take my word for it because I failed to take a single snapshot.  What's new?