Down to the OC today. Met with Pilgrimgirl and the kids at Whale of a Tale, a fantastic, intimate children's book store in Irvine, for a meet the author event. Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl series. His presentation was almost as good as a stand-up routine. Charming, fey, witty, and entertaining ... with an air of the wee people about him. At the end, he allowed time for some Q&A. It was invigorating to see childen so excited about reading. The yasked questions about character origin and development. Colfer advised any young writers to just keep at it, and look on any exercise in writing as a challenge that can lead to success. I was reminded of a Mary Engelbreit literacy poster ... something to the effect of, "Books fall open, you fall in." I wish all children loved to read. Bought the first book in the series for my nephews. Now they just have to hurry grow up a couple of years.
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