The African-American Authors Book Expo!

We attended Maryland's first annual African-American authors book expo on Saturday Aug. 14th from 1-6 PM. It was a great atmosphere where many wonderful authors had booths set up.

I shared a table with fantastic author, L.M. Preston, who's written many young adult books. Check out her website here and read her exciting books! It was really fun seeing her again. I'd met at the Key School Book Fair in April this year, and got a chance to read one of her books called "The Pack."

We met several other authors at AAAE and got lots of advice, and new ideas for the future. At the very end of the expo all the authors got awarded Certificates of Recognition from the City of Baltimore and the Mayor!

It was a new, fun expo and we hope it continues in the future.

Key School Annapolis Book Fair and Adoptions Together Kid's Connection Conference

What an eventful weekend this has been! On Saturday the 17th, I went to the Annapolis Key School Book Fair to be on a discussion panel with other authors, and to book sign. I met some wonderful authors, such as L.M. Preston, Paula Chase-Hyman, Caroline Hickey, Diana Peterfreund, and hopefully soon-to-be author Fish Stark. It was a really fun event to attend, and I'm so glad I was invited and got a chance to meet this great people and get some nice ideas and tips for future events. Check out their cool websites to learn more about them! I also picked up a lot of books to read there, which should keep me reading for a while. Today I attended the Adoptions Together Kid's Connection Conference which was also really fun. It was a nice event hosted at the John's Hopkins University, and I learned a lot at the discussion. There is also now a fan page for me the author, Maggie Mei Lewis, on Facebook, which is exciting. I've been busy keeping Twitter, Facebook, this blog and all the other news and updates about Moonlight Memoirs updated. It's a lot of work, but it pays off, which makes it worthwhile. Can't wait for future book events and signings to come up. It's always a new adventure!