The National Book Festival today in the DC convention center met my expectations fully.
Both David and Sharon looked great! Interestingly, I was standing in line for the book signing right in front of Chris Kennedy (for almost an hour!!
) and we talked for quite a while. Chris was wearing a Baen T-shirt, which sparked the conversation. Turns out that he and I flew the same aircraft in the military. For those who don't know, Chris is real big on the Honorverse side of things and will be presenting at HonorCon.
MWW and Sharon arrived a bit late for the signing, and while he went to the table to begin signing books, Sharon stayed behind and struck up a conversation with Chris and his wife. Chris introduced Sharon to me, and I really enjoyed speaking with her until I got to the front of the line to get my book (LAMA hard copy) signed.
I specifically asked MWW about more snippets, and his comments suggested two things: 1) He wants to do more, but his schedule is crazy busy. 2) There's some sort of coordination process he needs to go through to get a snippet posted, and that's one thing holding him back. From his comments, I concluded that we SHOULD see at least one more!
David's 45-minute presentation after the book signing just about had me rolling in the aisle. I sat right in the front row, conveniently right next to Sharon again. He had some great insights as to where his various works are going, including that the Honorverse movie is on hold because Evergreen Studios folded. Too many pearls to try to remember or write down - and I don't want to misstate something in this forum. What I WILL SAY is that (according to the program) all of the presentations were being recorded and will ultimately be available through the Library of Congress website. I've queried them to see when and where and will post that info here as soon as I get a response.
I can now die a happy man... I finally met RFC!
