The 2007 Buffalo Small Press Book Fair took place on March 31, 2007 from noon to 6pm. The event was held at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum on Porter Avenue in Buffalo, New York.

The book fair was a one day event that brought together booksellers, authors, bookmakers, zinesters, small presses, artists, poets, and regional cultural workers of all kinds in an absolutely amazing venue. Poetry readings, performances, discussions, and related lectures also took place throughout the day. Jessica Smith (who I, disappointingly, didn't get a chance to talk to) wrote up a nice piece here on the event. The fair was a tremendous success-a great crowd rolled in. Karpeles (the venue) was just beautiful. We were blessed with a cool little corner right kind of wedged in between Gustave Morin, Rob Read and Daniel Bradley on one side and BookThug on the other. It was cool, because our books really just sold themselves - a surprising number of people were familiar with the press (more and more every year). Even more were familiar with our authors - thanks to Jerry Rothenberg and Jim Daniels regularly making their way up to Buffalo and Jesse for returning each and every year to establish a readership in Maryland and New York State! All of our titles sold - the new titles as well as those in our catalog - as well as the books of our friends at West House and Ikuta Press. In a day or two, I'll get up a post about all of the people we met and books I snagged. But just wanted to thank everybody who attended the fair and especially the organizers (thanks Chris and Aaron and Kevin and everyone else involved). Snapped lots of pictures, too!

This just in from Chris "Thanks to everyone for a great event! 800-1200 attendees, happy vendors, just about everything you could ask for!"

Ahadada agrees!

So I'm trying to write more. And that brings me to the point of this blog, if not the point of this particular entry. I'm going to start setting, and tracking goals for my work and my writing -- and post them to this blog.

I remember reading once that most writers will use any excuse they can find to not write. I'm prone to this, I can't write when my girlfriend is home. Even when she is occupied with other activities, the possibility that she could interrupt keeps me from even trying.  And it's really just a MASSIVE excuse to get away with procrastination.

I've set my word count at 1000 words a day minimum, averaged at the end of each month, and 500 words minimum no matter what.  Some months I sail through them without a problem, but there are sometimes months when I'm writing a lot of words in the last few days to meet that goal.  I maintain an Excel spreadsheet to keep track, and I'm very strict about keeping it up to date so I know just where I stand.

Some people count in pages rather than words.  This is especially nice if you handwrite your first drafts - I don't, however, I'm all computer baby!

This is some cool footage -- found this via Google Video...

On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris. The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine, through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.

No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit. The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.

Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground until a DVD release a few years ago.

Here's the video from google -- hope this works!

Here's the link to the page on Google video...