The Mid-Atlantic region has been suffering (okay, experiencing) some summer-like weather over the past week. This is all well and good on the home heating front, but it makes spending weekends outside at fall festivals a little dicey. 

 

The Collingswood Book Fair was great fun again, and clouds kept the temps down until the early afternoon. I think a sunburned nose is a small price to pay for meeting all those who stopped by my booth to talk about The White Horse Pike, plans for The Black Horse Pike and the great fun of writing crime fiction like the revenge stories in The EX Factor.

 

The Blackwood Pumpkin Festival was a lot sunnier, hotter, and more humid. Nonetheless, a number of people stopped by to talk history and to inquire about publication of The Black Horse Pike.

 

As usual, meeting people at events leads to new contacts and new ideas, and I’m looking forward to meeting with two local history groups this week and following all the leads I’ve been gathering.

 

So while the weather is about to break and temps will fall into the 60s by the end of the week, work on The Black Horse Pike will remain hot.