The 2018 Mid-Ohio Indie Author Book Expo

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The 2018 Mid-Ohio Indie Author Book Expo

...Continued from yesterday:
     Just as last year's Mid-Ohio Indie Author Book Expo was my first book event (see yesterday's post), so it was also the maiden voyage of the event itself.
​        The Expo is the brainchild and labor of love of Columbus author Alicia Wiggins,

....who wanted to give independent and small press Midwestern authors a venue for showcasing their work as well as provide an opportunity for local readers to meet the authors and discover their work.
        Last year the Expo was a rather small affair with about fifteen authors participating,

​...though there was a pretty good visitor turnout all the same.

     This year the Expo returned to the Vaughn E. Hairston YMCA in Urbancrest, Ohio,

​.with double the number of authors,

...representing a variety of genres.

     There were also hot dogs and chips available for the hungry,

...and some beautiful pieces of edible art for sale, courtesy of Carmy's Cakes.

     Among the authors present was Mary Wineberg, 2008 Olympic gold medalist,

...and author of her memoir, "Unwavering Perseverance: an Olympic Gold Medalist Finds Peace."

      Mary was among the half-dozen Expo authors I interviewed for yourbookmybook.com (see yesterday's post).

     In her interview Mary spoke eloquently about her struggle to gain  confidence in herself, her years of hard work and perseverance to become an Olympian, her post-Olympic career as a second-grade teacher, and her book, in which she chronicles her search for peace and resolution of inner conflicts that rose up in her adulthood from painful events in her childhood. 
        Here is the link to Mary's yourbookmybook.com interview:
https://www.facebook.com/yourbookmybook/videos/2147520085505546/
       I also interviewed Daniel Miles, co-author of a series of graphic novels dealing with  Japanese historical themes;

https://www.facebook.com/yourbookmybook/videos/2147556682168553/

​...murder mystery writer Linda Lee Greene,

https://www.facebook.com/yourbookmybook/videos/2147577378833150/

...children's writer Angela Newman,

https://www.facebook.com/yourbookmybook/videos/2147598022164419/

​...poet Leo Jones,

https://www.facebook.com/yourbookmybook/videos/2147612428829645/

...and delightful fantasy writer Brian K. Morris.

https://www.facebook.com/yourbookmybook/videos/2147627965494758/

    After I'd finished all the interviews,

 I joined the book-browsers,

...and ended up buying Dan's historical Japanese graphic novel,

​...Mary's memoir,

...and some of Carmy's yummy cookies.

     I hope to soon immerse myself in the books. I've already immersed myself in the cookies.