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Month: November 2010

National Book Festival 2010

November 22, 2010
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| Books, Local

On Saturday, September 25, I went to the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., which is put together by the Library of Congress. I brought a bunch of books to release that were written by authors at that festival (or about authors at the festival). I got to see some of my favorite authors and…

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Luray Trip

November 22, 2010
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| Harry Potter

On August 21, I took a day trip to Luray, Virginia, with the DADA group. We arrived separately, so I spent the morning snarfing on my way there. I targeted Front Royal, a town I’d been to a few times before for work, though I’d never noticed any of the historical markers. I realized I…

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Posted in Harry Potter
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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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