{"id":1605,"date":"2015-08-10T15:43:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T15:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/?p=1605"},"modified":"2015-08-10T15:43:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T15:43:12","slug":"festival-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/10\/festival-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently posted some pictures from my time at the Dublin Irish Festival over on my blog Celtic Voices. Click here to see them<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I promised a young reader there that next year I would have the sequel to Brigid of Ireland<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. (So I have to do it now!) She said, “I will buy it for $10 or whatever it costs!”<\/p>\n

Melted my heart!<\/p>\n

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Meeting Readers<\/h4>\n

It’s one of my favorite things about these festivals. I’ve discovered that a lot of young girls enjoy Brigid of Ireland<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, but even though I told a 30’s-ish young man this, thinking he wanted it for his daughter, he bought it for himself. (Oops!)<\/p>\n

I talked to people from Ireland who wandered over to my table. Some just wanted to tell ME a story, and I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed that. The craic is well worth coming for! Other people wanted to know a bit about the writing process. The stage manager at the tent where I spoke wanted to know what I thought about ebooks. Other people had questions about a series how my books reflected the actual immigrants who came through Ellis Island. Whether or not these people bought books, I had a great time just meeting them.<\/p>\n

Meeting Other Authors<\/h4>\n

You can’t spend an entire weekend in a tent with other authors without getting to know them a bit. Some I had met before, and others were new friends. I heard a little of their publishing tales, and also their thoughts on Celtic spirituality, which was fascinating.<\/p>\n

A highlight this year was sitting next to Sean McCabe, who not only is a novelist and poet, but also a musician, born in Ireland and living in Sweden. He even played some music for us right there in our tent when traffic was slow on Sunday afternoon. Here is a link to one of his albums on iTunes<\/a>. Do yourself a favor and listen to a preview.<\/p>\n

Have you ever been to an Irish festival?<\/h3>\n

Let me know in the comments![bctt tweet=”What’s the best part about an Irish festival?”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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