Big Apple Recap

My recent trip to New York was great (despite my Amtrak train nightmare, which will go unmentioned).

I was meeting up with my agent, Barbara Markowitz, for the first time ever!! We've worked together for 18 years.

Yes, I said 18 years.

Never met.

How did that happen?

But.....we finally did it.

I literally ran from Penn Station to The Algonquin Hotel.

What a perfect spot for a writer to stay! The home of the Round Table, a group of amazing writers who met there for lunch every day to exchange ideas (including, ultimately, founding the New Yorker Magazine). I hope I absorbed some writerly vibes.

The Round Table of writers

Then it was off to the Flatiron Building to meet my great Macmillan/FSG team.

Flatiron Building

Barbara Markowitz (left) and me

(l to r) Susan Dobinick, Barbara Markowitz, Margaret Ferguson, Harvey Markowitz

(l to r) Me, Barbara Markowitz, Janine O'Malley (front) Margaret Ferguson

 That night, Barbara, Harvey and I had a lovely dinner and toasted ourselves.

(l to r) Barbara Markowitz, Harvey Markowitz, me

Babs Sr. and Babs Jr

We even had cotton candy for dessert!

By the end of day two, Harvey and I were tired.

A grand old time!!

Big Apple

I'm off for two whirlwind days in the Big Apple.

I'm meeting my agent, Barbara Markowitz, for the first time in EIGHTEEN years!! Yes, I said 18. I know, I know.....hard to believe. But she lives on the West Coast and I live on the East Coast and it just hasn't happened - until now!

I'll be visiting with my great team at FSG.

I'll be visiting my dear friend and editor, Frances Foster.

I'll have a lovely dinner with my lovely son.

Yay!