Attendees: 12,000+
Total gallons of coffee consumed: 4,250
Total alcoholic beverages consumed: N/A
Booths at book fair: 819
Presenters: 2,016
Thursday events, panels, and readings: 336
Friday events, panels, and readings: 344
Saturday events, panels, and readings: 321
Number of panels and readings I wanted to attend: 14
Number of panels I attended: 3
Number of panels I attended hungover: 3
Number of panels I wish I didn’t attend: 2
Number of pins on name badge: 15
Number of times asked, “Are you a writer?”: 23
Number of times answered “No”: 10
Number of times answered “Yes”: 13
Personal heroes encountered on book fair floor: 4
Personal heroes encountered then accosted on book fair floor via hug: 2
Selfies: 32
Hours slept: 18
Tweets about introverts being forced to be extroverts: 102
Visits to Emily Dickinson Quiet Space: 1
Times I needed visits to Emily Dickinson Quiet Space: 7
Number of times I wanted to strangle MFA students: 12
Number of times I wanted to strangle myself for being an MFA student: 4
Number of sexual fantasies about personal heroes accosted on book fair floor: 2
Number of times asked to join newsletters: 8
Number of newsletters joined: 8
Cards brought: 100
Cards given out: 11
Cards from writers I said I’d follow up with: 9
Writers I plan to follow up with: 4
Writers I will actually follow up with: 2
Money spent on books, et al.: $122.82
Pounds over luggage weight limit: 2.89
Times I repacked luggage to meet weight requirement: 2
Missed flights: 1
Sexual fantasies realized as a result of hugging personal heroes on book fair floor: 0
Flights booked to San Antonio, Texas: 1