To me, indomitable is the perfect adjective to descibe Janet. Within an hour of conversation, she had convinced:-me to write The Year of the Tiger
-me to create product designs and sell them on my website
-Elaine to get her poetry published
-and a visiting friend to illustrate picturebooks
And she hadn't even started her formal presentation yet!
Which, as always, was great. Janet is one of those speakers that doesn't need a formal speech prepared or ordered slides--she is one of the few authors I know who can just stand,speak and be completely engaging and fun. She and her talk is much like her poetry-- direct, thoughtful, intelligent, sometimes sad,and sometimes hilarious but at all times mesmerizing. 
*And you can meet Janet in NYC, at the event below! Come, I guarantee by the time she has finished speaking, you will be convinced into starting your own children's book empire...
