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I am so excited to go to the 2011 Printers Row Lit Fest. It is one of my favorite Chicago Fests and every year it gets bigger and bigger. The fest has discount, Indie, chain, and rare bookstores that line the curbs and the center of the streets. Since I’ve been going there, they’ve increased it to suit the whole family. If you click on the above link, you can get a calendar for Saturday and Sunday’s events.
What is even more exciting to me is meeting an online buddy of mine for the first time at the Lit Fest. In 2007, I met Barb on a writing forum we both belonged to. Of course we had alias’s, but over the course of time, Barb and I continued to talk—mostly outside of the writing forum. On the forum, we didn’t interact much, which is strange that we became friends. She is the one person who seems to enjoy the same types of books as I do.
Barb and I have sent each other emails for holidays, words of encouragement, condolences, to say "Hi", BUT we’ve never met. This isn’t a one-way relationship; we support each other in life and writing. I can’t begin to explain how excited I am to meet her among one of the loves of our lives—books. We have so much catching up to do that I’m guessing we will wind up missing many of the booths.
There’s one important thing I want to point out, and that’s loyalty. Even though I’ve never met Barb, and even though we’ve only spoke through words (never heard her voice), she has been there for me as a writer and as a friend. That is HUGE in my life. She’s been a supporter of my writing for years, and I can’t begin to tell you how important support is to a writer. I have many people in my life that I love, but to them, my writing isn’t important, and I’m not saying it in a mean way—it just isn’t. We all have important things to us in our lives that aren’t to others. Such is life. And it’s especially nice to have a writer friend support you
Barb is a great writer. She puts much thought and emotion into what she wants to share with others, and you can see it in her writing.
So I’m ecstatic to meet Barb, and hear about her life, her love of books and her writing.
*clinks glass*
ReplyDeleteCheers to you, Bea! To loyal friendship and writerly support. You've been just as instrumental and there for me in my writing efforts. I'm beyond flattered by your kind words, and I, too, am super excited to get together this weekend and finally meet the "friend among words!" Indeed, the Lit Fair is the perfect backdrop for two aspiring-to-be-published novelists, but, like you, I have a sneaking suspicion we might miss a booth or two, or ten, or twenty... ;-)
XO,
Barb
P.S. I love the picture you chose for this post!
The picture is one I took a few weeks before I left Germany. We were in Dusseldorf and I took a picture of two people sitting by the Rhine Riverbank Promenade.
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