The Festival of Books was a huge affaisr, but the NPF booth was nowhere near center stage and foot traffic was either loaded down and leaving, or hurrying in to the central marketplace to see what was being offered there. But it was a lesson learned for those of us who'd never exhibited at a book fair before.

    A number of New Playwrights Foundation members wanted to rent a booth at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Five novels were offered by members, but as Chairman Emeritus, Travis was concerned that no stage plays or screenplays would be represented. Travis decided to submit his Morningstone screenplay, then retitled Changeling's Return. But time was short, and attempting to reformat screenplay to fit into a 6x9 inch paperback was a nightmare. THe screenplay format wouldn't convert intelligently to Word, much less keep itsCharacter capitalization, indents for characters and spoken lines of even scene changes and descritions. He did the best he could in the short time allowed, rushed it to the printer with an order for 100 copies and waived striking a proof be sure it arrived in time. They books arrived in time, but the re formatting was a disaster. The book was displayed,but not sold, and ultimate Travis destroyed them all.