My booksigning last night went very well and I’d like to thank everyone who came and the staff at the Barnes&Noble. We had a lot of fun.

Afterwards I had a long chat with a nice lady who is an 8th grade English teacher.

I mentioned Scholastic’s marvelous Alliance for Young Artists and Writers which is a totally brilliant idea and includes such alumni as Robert Redford, Richard Avedon, Truman Capote, Joyce Carol Oates, and Ceara McCaffrey.

If anyone has a budding artist or writer in 7-12th grade, they should encourage them to enter for the awards (there are many different categories in both art and writing).