For the past year, I have been preparing for the largest event of my writing career: BookCon. Having made preparations the previous summer, I had been collecting items, filling out paperwork, and promoting. Not to mention I also wrote the first two books of my children’s series “Adventures of Wobot” and my first collection of poetry “Stardust” within that same year.

[image error]When June 1st arrived, the day I was to bring my things to the Javits center, I had such a strange feeling. I had been worried about that day for months and when it came it felt completely normal. My boyfriend and I drove to Clifton, NJ to meet my dad who already had the van packed with stuff. Together we drove to the city in the Friday night traffic.

Getting to the center, my nervousness started up again. Reading all the regulations and rules from the exhibitor handbook is enough to make you a little anxious. Nonetheless, when we got inside there was a worker there who clearly explained what we had to do. We pulled right into the Javits’ parking lot and began to unload. Since the bigger booths had been there from BookExpo the day before, there was plenty of room and no issues. Within two hours, we had unloaded, unpacked, and had my booth set and ready.

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Then the sun fell on that day and the big event followed.

We arrived at the Javits’ Center the next day, June 2nd, my nervousness faded away. I had my booth all set and I was ready to seize the day (as Keeper Mallory quotes [Isles readers will understand