tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873036011530033335.post5612658369585736333..comments2023-11-23T08:14:20.747-05:00Comments on Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia: bea: what i saw and how i conqueredCeceliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02249223364936344560noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873036011530033335.post-80407839615153890342012-06-19T13:47:27.382-04:002012-06-19T13:47:27.382-04:00It's great that you had such an awesome time! ...It's great that you had such an awesome time! I hope to be able to attend someday, but I just don't know if that's realistic unless I either move closer to the event or it moves closer to me. :)Alycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10919057159829023714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873036011530033335.post-15006455816778302822012-06-16T17:07:55.440-04:002012-06-16T17:07:55.440-04:00It was so great to meet you! Great tips! I learn...It was so great to meet you! Great tips! I learned a lot this year too. And if I ever have the money to go back, I'll know better what to do. Like you I didn't get any invites to publisher parties, but that's okay, I got to meet lots of great authors and bloggers.Lisa Mandinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691593776280004137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873036011530033335.post-4939308120087105222012-06-12T18:21:59.764-04:002012-06-12T18:21:59.764-04:00It was so great to meet you Cecelia!
I wasn'...It was so great to meet you Cecelia! <br /><br />I wasn't invited to publisher parties, either, and I still had a rough time trimming down my BEA round up post. It's easy to get jealous about hearing about all the fabulous parties, but if you are in NY with a bunch of other book bloggers, you are going to have fun regardless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873036011530033335.post-46157288721153302832012-06-10T12:02:45.795-04:002012-06-10T12:02:45.795-04:00Nice meeting you in the lines there at BEA! These ...Nice meeting you in the lines there at BEA! These are great tips. I am definitely going to try and stay somewhere else than midtown Manhattan next time. It was just exhausting. Plus I rode the subway for the first time this trip and it wasn't so hard at all!Lisa (starmetal_oak)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13349861124082490323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873036011530033335.post-86105850008532325082012-06-09T17:34:27.444-04:002012-06-09T17:34:27.444-04:00We live within bus/driving distance of NYC and I h...We live within bus/driving distance of NYC and I have a couple of librarian friends who just took the bus there for the day and came back afterwards. I was so used to seeing bloggers talk about going for the whole time that I was surprised they just went for the day. Sounds like you had a good time and that is a lot of good advice!Jill Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18296890779922143900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873036011530033335.post-66084891549180059052012-06-09T09:29:10.972-04:002012-06-09T09:29:10.972-04:00Care: It'll be in NYC at least through this ne...Care: It'll be in NYC at least through this next year. After that it may move?<br /><br />Ryan: Thanks! Outer boroughs FTW! *grin*<br /><br />thebookandit: Thank you! It was great to meet you too!<br /><br />Charlotte: Agreed! Let's do it again. *grin*<br /><br />A Buckeye Girl Reads: Thank you! And... yeah. That's something I never understood either. I was glad to break the mould.Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02249223364936344560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873036011530033335.post-68013165012790535032012-06-09T07:59:06.860-04:002012-06-09T07:59:06.860-04:00Edited to add: I could never figure out why blogge...Edited to add: I could never figure out why bloggers go to NYC, yet don't spend time doing the tourist thing-it's NYC!A Buckeye Girl Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08952103323793072580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873036011530033335.post-59975291116917701092012-06-09T07:58:37.512-04:002012-06-09T07:58:37.512-04:00This sounds like great advice and this is one of t...This sounds like great advice and this is one of the best BEA posts I've read. :)A Buckeye Girl Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08952103323793072580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873036011530033335.post-43139157716439532452012-06-09T06:54:58.802-04:002012-06-09T06:54:58.802-04:00It was lovely to meet you in real life!It was lovely to meet you in real life!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873036011530033335.post-16132977645444807032012-06-09T06:12:25.248-04:002012-06-09T06:12:25.248-04:00Great tips for future BEA attendees. Probably some...Great tips for future BEA attendees. Probably some of the best tips I've seen!<br /><br />- Nicole<br />P.S. It was great meeting you at BEA this year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873036011530033335.post-29271668097414041542012-06-08T18:49:03.484-04:002012-06-08T18:49:03.484-04:00Glad you had a great time, and I think your advice...Glad you had a great time, and I think your advice would be some of the best I've seen. The few times I've gone, I've never stayed in Manhattan. Of course it wasn't for BEA either.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786139533776263328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873036011530033335.post-59283235382416827222012-06-08T14:52:48.447-04:002012-06-08T14:52:48.447-04:00Glad you had fun! I didn't have any time at a...Glad you had fun! I didn't have any time at all to sightsee when I went in 2010 but I loved loved loved meeting all my imaginary friends. It was worth it and I might be ready to go again.<br /><br />Any rumors abt where it might be next year?Carehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478474870247729611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873036011530033335.post-22493424145853996112012-06-08T09:57:26.133-04:002012-06-08T09:57:26.133-04:00Liviania: I didn't try any cart food, alas! B...Liviania: I didn't try any cart food, alas! But. I did go get authentic deli pizza after one of my afternoon USPS book mailings. And it was gooooood. Hope you get to go to BEA next year!<br /><br />Juju: Thanks! Maggie is a little bit bad a$$, but she's also funny and quirky and sweet. I had a great time talking to her.<br /><br />Kristen: One of these days it will be YOU!Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02249223364936344560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873036011530033335.post-14995226766954625542012-06-08T01:29:28.989-04:002012-06-08T01:29:28.989-04:00Sounds like a lot of fun! I'm sad that I could...Sounds like a lot of fun! I'm sad that I couldn't make it out there yet again but I'm glad each time another blogger friend gets to go. :)Kristen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873036011530033335.post-46850389047864866492012-06-07T23:52:20.472-04:002012-06-07T23:52:20.472-04:00All awesome advice. I'm SO envious that you me...All awesome advice. I'm SO envious that you met Maggie. I imagine her as quite the bad a$$.Tales of Whimsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938494589922620170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873036011530033335.post-27135907307832536832012-06-07T22:04:40.550-04:002012-06-07T22:04:40.550-04:00Sounds like a great time!
I hope you did try some...Sounds like a great time!<br /><br />I hope you did try some cart food, because NYC cart food is actually pretty good!<br /><br />(Sadly, I was invited to a publisher party. I sort of cried at the invite, "But I'm not going to BEA!")Livianiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479932701589363306noreply@blogger.com