Live-blog from Sleuthfest, Saturday, Part 1

Saturday, February 28, 2015, 2:00 PM
    ”I'm supposed to have drinks with Jim Patterson later on. I'll let him know how that went.” James W. Hall, who leaves the stage to a raucous standing ovation.
        —Ed Irvin

Saturday, February 28, 2015, 1:55 PM
    A few years ago I took my wife to a Madonna concert for our anniversary. The Material Girl took the stage at 11:30 for a show that was scheduled to begin at 8:00. Patterson has reached one hour.
        —Ed Irvin

Saturday, February 28, 2015, 1:49 PM
    ”I actually like James Patterson. I think he's terrific. And all of his permutations.” James W. Hall
        —Ed Irvin

Saturday, February 28, 2015, 1:24 PM
    Still no Patterson, but James W. Hall has taken to the stage to amuse the crowd with stories of absentee orangutans in a novel about orangutans.
        —Ed Irvin

Press getting fed like royalty. —Ed Irvin

Saturday, February 28, 2015, 12:59 PM

    The character naming sold for $975. I hope they didn't just drop a grand on a character who gets killed on page one.
        —Ed Irvin

Saturday, February 28, 2015, 12:55 PM

    A 50 page manuscript reading by bestselling author Jeffrey Deaver just sold for $650 during the luncheon auction. Next up on the block is a character naming in an upcoming James Patterson novel.
        —Ed Irvin

Saturday, February 28, 2015, 12:30 PM

    Author and Sleuthfest featured speaker James W. Hall with Pam Stack, host of Authors on the Air.
        —Ed Irvin

Saturday, February 28, 2015, 12:17 PM

    The guest of honor is fashionably late. He is scheduled for the press room from 12-1:00 before giving his keynote speech from 1-2:00.
         —Ed Irvin

Saturday, February 28, 2015, 11:28 AM

SRO crowd waiting for James Patterson.

     —Ed Irvin