A message from Wes...

Just to let you know that Indianapolis was AWESOME!

90,000 visitors to the conference over three days and it was hailed as a huge success although it did have its awful moments. Not least the queues. After queuing for up to five hours to get in to C2- the line at one time was over a mile long - Some people were then in line for over seven hours to get autographs. We were swamped and admission to our area was restricted at various times by the Fire Marshalls for safety reasons. I was astonished at the patience of all the fans and they were all, without a single exception, so warm and welcoming. It was fascinating to meet so many from all over the world and I was so grateful to everyone for their kindness, enthusiasm and support. Not least the many volunteers from the Indy Knights and the 501's who made sure we were well looked after.

The Q & A session on the Saturday was a memorable one and I was delighted that LeAnn LeVeque (our www.wesjanson.com US correspondent) got up in front of 2,000 or more people and plugged the web site! Brilliant!!

Needless to say I've got a million and one things to do since I got back a few hours ago but I will post more later in the week and will also be posting pictures to www.wesjanson.com as soon as I can get my head around my new Nikon Coolpix.

Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to come and say hello. I was especially pleased by the popularity of Wes because of the books: there was a lot of Yub Yub talk!

More soon.

Best wishes

Ian

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