Sunday, June 6, 2010

BEA Plunder the Vlog Part 1

I have a cautionary tale for you.

So, on my first day in New York as I was just laying down to enjoy a late afternoon nap on my bed in the Holiday Inn, in the moment just before sleep (or, well, maybe just before the maintenance guy started pounding on my door because unbeknownst to me, one of my light bulbs was slated for replacement) I remembered that my new laptop came equipped with a webcam. With the rest of my thoughts firmly fixated on the piles of new BEA books I would soon have to share with my readers, I thought to myself, "Self, I've got a brilliant idea! You should make a vlog!" The cautionary part here, of course, is not to let yourself make decisions on four hours of sleep after hours of fevered traveling, ARC grabbing, and meeting people you've never laid eyes on (in person) before. All of this being under-rested and taking giant leaps outside your comfort zone in just one day may well impede your good judgement, and yet, you won't be able to totally dissuade yourself from following through on your half-baked idea in weeks following.

With this in mind, I present to you, my first vlog, in which I chronicle just a fraction of the books I picked up at BEA. Hopefully I did everything right, and you can actually see it. Now, if this goes well, perhaps I'll do another (and another?) chronicling the rest. If it doesn't? Well, look for some nice photographs and a lovely list of the remainder of the enticing fall titles to follow.



Okay, there you have it. Be gentle. ;-)

9 comments:

  1. Squee for Manhood for Amateurs! I enjoyed the vlog, although for me the audio & visual weren's synced up.

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  2. Yay for vlogs! Glad to see you again Megan. :) I really wanted to get ahold of Shade but it didn't happen.

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  3. I'm terrified of vlogs, but I'm so excited to see you guys and hear you speak!

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  4. You did a great job! I think I only got 4 of the books you mentioned!

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  5. Seeing you on the vlog is ALMOST as good as meeting you in person at BEA would have been. Almost. Looks like you got some fun books. Color me green with envy!

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  6. OMG This was so awesome Megan :D :D I can't tell you how happy this made me! I smiled the whole way through. I definitely vote for MORE vlogs! You rock. Oh, and you got some great sounding books too ;)

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  7. You are so much braver than I am. Even if I could put together a vlog, I don't think I ever will. You did a great job, Megan. Enjoy your new books!

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  8. I'm with Trisha and Wendy: I'm terrified of vlogs, so kudos to you for doing this! I only picked up three of the books you mentioned: Room, the Chabon book and Dangerous Neighbors. I never even saw any of the other ones!

    It was great to meet you in NYC! (Have I said that already?) I'm off to watch your second vlog now...

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  9. Love the vlog and so nice to see you. :D So many interesting books you have there.. hope to hear your thoughts on some of them soon..

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