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Thanks for the bump, Don, but alas it went unused.

IT WAS AWESOME. I met so many awesome people -- actors and authors and agents and publishers and editors -- that it all blurs together. Aside from my book signing, which exceeded my highest expectations, the two best moments were Morgan Freeman holding a door for me, and chatting with Jonathan Maberry for several hours (and he even fetched me coffee!)

Among the famous people I met are: the aforementioned Morgan Freeman and Jonathan Maberry, F. Paul Wilson, Jim Carrey, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Julianne Moore, Heather Graham (the author, not the actress), Jessica Lange (who signed a poster for my wife), Mary Higgins Clark, Marcia Clark, Matthew Innman (of The Oatmeal), Ellen Datlow, Rick Mofina... There's more, but my brain can't hold them all!

I saw Neil Gaiman and Grumpy Cat from afar, but was busy working the booth and thus couldn't get close enough for proper fanboiing.