And here is a peek into the bookfair. Also, check out our beautiful FUSE table! With the fancy poster (which survived the plane ride back!), help from other FUSE schools, and candy, we had a lot of people stop by to talk and learn more about FUSE.

AWP Bookfair in Conference Center

Our gorgeous FUSE table

And speaking of the conference center...here it is! This is where all of the panels and the bookfair was held, so we all spent a lot of time here.

Conference Center in Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis, MN on April 9, 2015

 These are street shots of the lovely and friendly city of Minneapolis. Unfortunately, it was pretty cold for the first couple of days, but it wasn't as much of a problem as it could have been. Minneapolis has this nifty thing called the Skywalk, which is basically a raised, enclosed, and heated sidewalk that connects most of the downtown buildings - including our hotel and the conference center!

Minneapolis, MN on April 9, 2015

First flight with United Airlines

Our first plane of 4 for the round trip, leaving from Baltimore at the painfully early time of 6:59AM (meaning we left SU at 2:30AM :( ). Everyone was tired and sleepy but ready to go!

Prepare yourselves...you're about to be bombarded with pictures from FUSE's recent journey to AWP 2015 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Let the fun begin!

Hello, dear Fusians! I hope you all had a great break! If you weren't able to come to the blog discussion last Wednesday, don't sweat it. It was a great discussion, and I would just like to say thank you to all the people who were there and participated. I made this word cloud to have something brightly colored and spring-like to look at while we talked, and I thought you guys might enjoy it too!

I hope everyone's excited for AWP!

The Lost Art of Editing

Here's another article to look at for the blog discussion today. It's a bit lengthy, but it brings to light an issue that many of us are going to come face to face with in the publishing industry - the changing face of editing. The gist of the article is that with the publishing industry becoming more streamlined, quality, painstakingly time-consuming editing takes a backseat to the demands of speed and efficiency. You don't have to read the whole thing (unless you want to); just skim it and take note of what sticks out to you. We'll open it up for discussion today, along with a few discussion questions about the first article.

See you guys later! http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/feb/11/lost-art-editing-books-publishing