Stat-tastic
Sometimes the best way to sum up a weekend is to look at the numbers.
Roll stats!
3: very giggly fifth-graders escorting me to the author's lounge at the Annapolis Book Festival. Sorry to tell you girls, but you led me to the seminar hall. Oops.
45: minutes spent strolling the campus of the Key School, including a trip to The Magic School Bus. Talk about cool. We met Ms. Frizzle.
1: hour spent talking books and writing with Mary Louge and Priscilla Cummings, two really nice ladies with much more experience in the book biz than I.
20: people in the audience interested in our insight
6: copies of So Not The Drama signed after the panel
20: copies of DRAMA left to snap up by the festival attendees (wonder if they sold by day's end?)
30: minutes spent cat napping before the Kentucky Derby
9: the number of the horse I chose to win because I liked his name, Liquidity. Umm...I think he came in like 14th.
7: hours, about the amount of time dedicated to pre-Derby hype
2.5: minutes, the length of the Derby
36: number of hot wings purchased to nibble during the DeLa Hoya v. Mayweather fight
7: number of people who joined us for fight night
1: slab of ribs eaten by the Princess and her clique. Gotta respect young girls with healthy appetites.
8: on a hot meter scale of 10, the spiciness of the fresh salsa from Chevy's
6: people who braved the salsa and couldn't get enough
3: number of ribs I stripped to the bone
4.5: rounds of the fight I saw before my eyes went on strike
10: seconds of the last round that I saw in time to see DeLa Hoya battling back. Had he fought like that the whole time he could have won.
2: a.m. when the last guest left
30: seconds it took for me to fall asleep once my head hit the pillow
0: number of words written for That's What's Up! on Saturday
2,400: number of words written on Friday to compensate, in advance, for Saturday
I think the numbers show, it was a good day.
Roll stats!
3: very giggly fifth-graders escorting me to the author's lounge at the Annapolis Book Festival. Sorry to tell you girls, but you led me to the seminar hall. Oops.
45: minutes spent strolling the campus of the Key School, including a trip to The Magic School Bus. Talk about cool. We met Ms. Frizzle.
1: hour spent talking books and writing with Mary Louge and Priscilla Cummings, two really nice ladies with much more experience in the book biz than I.
20: people in the audience interested in our insight
6: copies of So Not The Drama signed after the panel
20: copies of DRAMA left to snap up by the festival attendees (wonder if they sold by day's end?)
30: minutes spent cat napping before the Kentucky Derby
9: the number of the horse I chose to win because I liked his name, Liquidity. Umm...I think he came in like 14th.
7: hours, about the amount of time dedicated to pre-Derby hype
2.5: minutes, the length of the Derby
36: number of hot wings purchased to nibble during the DeLa Hoya v. Mayweather fight
7: number of people who joined us for fight night
1: slab of ribs eaten by the Princess and her clique. Gotta respect young girls with healthy appetites.
8: on a hot meter scale of 10, the spiciness of the fresh salsa from Chevy's
6: people who braved the salsa and couldn't get enough
3: number of ribs I stripped to the bone
4.5: rounds of the fight I saw before my eyes went on strike
10: seconds of the last round that I saw in time to see DeLa Hoya battling back. Had he fought like that the whole time he could have won.
2: a.m. when the last guest left
30: seconds it took for me to fall asleep once my head hit the pillow
0: number of words written for That's What's Up! on Saturday
2,400: number of words written on Friday to compensate, in advance, for Saturday
I think the numbers show, it was a good day.
posted by Paula at 4:21 PM
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