How wonderful to be able to escape for the weekend. Two whole days with no classes. Nothing to do except listen to fabulous authors, read, relax and enjoy the unexpected sunshine.
Bloody Scotland is Scotland's first crime fiction writing festival and I trust that it will be the first of many. It is being held in several venues in Stirling and is certainly well attended and buzzing. The full programme of events is pretty interesting and we are spoiled for choice.
This morning Man and I started off with Downloading the Detectives; a discussion between Allan Guthrie and Gordon Ferris concerning the phenomenon of the ebook. The event was attended by a number of other authors and it was interesting to see how they see the future of publishing going. The issue of sock puppets also raised it's head, along with quality control in a medium that makes self publishing much easier.
The audience asked plenty of questions and there was an opportunity for having books signed afterwards.
An altogether excellent start, followed by a wonderful opportunity to relax over coffee for an hour or so......
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