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Chicago- Day 4

March 2, 2012
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Woke up at Seriously-way-too-early o’clock, showered, and had breakfast in the executive lounge. It was a foggy morning, but it’s still a beautiful view to wake up to in the morning: On-site registration wasn’t nearly as crazy as pre-registration, just as we’d expected. Of course, there were plenty of tough moments and a few crazy…

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Chicago- Day 3

March 1, 2012
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Woke up early and headed to the Board meeting where I devoured so much for breakfast before presenting at the board meeting. My presentation is always pretty quick (it’s all in my report!) and the only hiccup was a misunderstanding regarding internet availability in the room. After that, I headed to on-site registration. Had some…

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Chicago- Day 2

February 28, 2012
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Woke up “kinda early” in order to have breakfast and head to the grocery store in enough time to get back before setup at 10:30. Sam and I passed some nice art on the way back from Trader Joe’s (we went to the mart behind the hotel… it’s sketchy and I bought some Gatorade and…

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Chicago- Day 1

February 27, 2012
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I’m in Chicago for the AWP Annual Conference & Bookfair. Had a long day of traveling, but made it to the Hilton Chicago in the afternoon, just in time to drop bags in order to go on a tour of the Conference Headquarters. The signage with our new logo looks fantastic :-) I love rolling…

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AWP Conference & Bookfair 2011

February 1, 2011
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Every year my work puts on a giant Conference & Bookfair: http://awpwriter.org/conference/. This is my fifth conference and after Atlanta, New York, Chicago, & Denver, I’m now ready for AWP goodness in… Washington, D.C. That’s right, the conference is about 20 minutes away from my home this year. It felt strange to gather with my…

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Terms Explained:

AWP-I worked at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs
BookCrossing-the act of registering books and leaving them in public places for people to find
BCinDC- my local BookCrossing meetup group
DADA-my local Harry Potter meetup group, Defense Against Dumb 'A's (who don't get Harry Potter)
Gillian-The name of my current GPS unit (old GPS was named Jill)
HPA-The Harry Potter Alliance. My local chapter was Carpe Futurum
Love-The name of my dark red Honda Element
Markeroni-finding & photographing historical markers (usually with a mascot; mine is Eeyore)
OBCZ- Official BookCrossing Zone (a shelf where it's okay to leave books)
Snarfari-at Markeroni, a historical marker is a snarf. So a snarfari is a safari/trip to find markers
WRock-Wizard Rock is Harry Potter music

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