How Far Will You Go?
It's no surprise here that I am willing to do so some serious traveling if it means meeting favorite authors! I do one-day road trips all the time to see authors in neighboring states! I'll drive up to Naperville which is a little over 4 hours depending on traffic and such. I'll drive to Nashville or Memphis which is also a little over 4 hours! Kansas City was another 4 hour drive! And you know other states that touch MO are all doable too! Lol.
Although, I did sadly have to talk myself out of an OK visit next month. It's an 8 hour drive one way, there's only 4 authors I want to see in a mixed multi-author setting and I'd only have 2 hours to see them all amidst all the other attendees and there was a 2 book from home limit, which I obviously surpassed since there were authors I've never met or hadn't seen in YEARS! The ends just didn't justify the means in this incidence.
A flight has never deterred me either! The first time I heard about the now deceased RT Booklovers Convention, I convinced my mom to go with me to Pittsburgh because I wanted to meet a SUPER FAVORITE author of mine and I told her there were tons of other authors there that I'd love to meet! I paid for our plane tickets and hotel for the weekend and asked if she'd just cover our food. She said sure! Lol. She's also gone with me to drive all the way to Savannah, GA for another multi-author event, we made it into a week's vacation to visit Charleston--long before I knew of YALL Fest--as well before going over to Savannah!
I once also flew to Boston solo for a mini convention, as in, it was just for the day, to meet several favorite authors including the author who started my love for vampire reads, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes! So that was TOTALLY worth it and the somewhat scary walk back in the dark to my super creepy hotel room. Yeah, the only reason I chose that one was because it offered an airport shuttle, was priced reasonably and was relatively close to the airport. The area wasn't super sketchy, but I am a nervous worry wort when I go anywhere after dark solo. Lol.
And just last year, my friend and I both flew out to CA to attend Stephanie Garber's Spectacular Holiday party which was a LOT of fun!
So honestly, if I have the funds and vacation time--which I usually do because I hardly ever take full week vacations anywhere these days--there's no limit, in the continental USA, that I will go to see a favorite author! Of course, I do have to see what the costs of travel would be and then justify the means and whatnot! But I am always willing to travel far to see an author I've never met, or attend a convention which I sorely miss doing. I have yet to actually get tickets to any of them these days. But yeah. Here's hoping a 2026 convention pops up with a great attendance of authors I read and new to me ones that I can actually GET tickets to attend!
How about you? How far are you willing to travel to see authors you love?
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