KidLitCon-badgeI’ve been pimping my participation in next week’s Kidlitoshpere Conference being held here in DC for weeks now.  In case you’ve been living under a rock you know that I’m excited/nervous/anticipatory about co-leading a session with Mother Reader on building a better blog.  What you may not yet know is that I did get a chance to meet the wonderful Pam last weekend and our session is gonna rock (if I do say so myself).  So I’m feeling much better about it all.

But pimping us out is not the reason I’m posting this.  I’m taking the opportunity to encourage you to register, it’s going to be a great time to meet cool bloggers and authors and publishers and…..oh you get the point — just go and register!

But still not the only reason I’m posting this.  I also want to let you know that as part of the conference Pam has put together a fabulous event with some amazing authors at Hooray4Books in Alexandria, VA on Sunday, October 18th from 1:00-3:00 pm.  From picture books to young adult literature you can come meet:

1:00 p.m.
Cynthia Cotten presents Rain Play
Jacqueline Jules presents Unite or Die!
Sue Corbett presents Last Newspaper Boy

2:00 p.m.
Caroline Hickey presents Isabelle’s Boyfriend
Elizabeth Scott presents Something, Maybe
Paula Chase-Hyman presents Flipping the Script

This event is open to everyone in the area, you do NOT have to be a conference participant.  So bring your kids and your kids friends to meet the authors.

Oh and come see me at the Kidlitoshpere Conference the day before! It’s going to be a super cool time.