L. A. Times Festival of Books
On April 16th, Kris and I attended the annual Writers and Illustrators of the Future awards dinner. Then on April 17th, I went to USC to set up the GLAWS booth at the L.A Times Festival of Books. This year, …
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2026 Writers and Illustrators of the Future
On April 16th, Kris and I attended the annual Writers and Illustrators of the Future awards dinner. This was a special one as it was the 42nd annual awards dinner. Many jokes and references were made to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide …
ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM
I’m a bit Zoomed out from this weekend. On Saturday, I had a Zoom meeting with the Loscon committee. All department heads discussed their progress to this point. Programming is coming along as they wait on some of the Guests …
GLAWS is Back!
The Greater Los Angeles Writers Society Special Speaker Event returned to the Venice Public Library https://locator.lacounty.gov/lac/Location/3176718/los-angeles-public-library—venice—abbot-kinney-memorial-branch Actually, it was there last month, but due to a car shortage in the family, I was not able to attend. This month’s topic …
LA Times Festival of Rain – I mean Books
It occurred to me that water and paper don’t go well together, but the LA Times Festival of Books went on anyway. This was back on the weekend of April 26th and 27th. But we did start getting a good …
LA Times Festival of Books – Sort of
I spent the weekend at the LA Times Festival of Books, and it rained throughout Saturday. But it did clear up on Sunday. But it’s late and I have to go to work tomorrow. So, I’ll tell you next week …
WoTF?
Yes, that Writer’s of the Future, or more specifically, the Writer’s and Illustrators of the Future Awards Dinner. For the fourth year, I was fortunate enough to be invited to this event. Kris decided not to join me as we …
Writers and Illustrators of the Future
Thursday, May 25th was the annual Writer’s and Illustrators of the Future awards ceremony. It marked the 40th year of the writer’s award and the 35th year of the illustrator’s award. Unlike a previous year, I didn’t know any of …
LA Times Festival of Books
That is a picture of our booth before we set up. We got there Friday afternoon to set up for the weekend. The festival started on Saturday, April 20th at 10:00 am. As always, the USC Marching Band played to …
Tony N. Todaro
Tony N. Todaro Yesterday the GLAWS monthly event was a memorial for its President and Co-Founder, Tony N. Todaro. It was held at the Venice Pubic Library to a packed room. There were several speakers, starting with the host of …