Along with with crime/literary novelist Tejas Desai, Children’s Book Author Ama Yawson, crime author Alex Avitabile, and poet Scottt Raven — I met with the local audience at Great Neck Library for an indie author roundtable.

As panels go, it was rather fun and we had a very interactive crowd. Moreover, this was very same library with the EXTREMELY INTENSE AND CONTESTED election that allegedly involved book banning, book burning, and the like in Great Neck — the one Liman Mimi Hu won by 7 — SEVEN — votes.

Mimi was in the audience and had fascinating questions.

I… don’t want to weigh in on the politics of that election. I will say I’m happy to be invited to the event by Tejas and I learned a ton from Ama, Alex, and Scottt, all of whom I hope continue to remain friends.

Hope you enjoy the video and check out the resources page while you’re at it.