Comic-Con: Veronica Roth's Comic-Con Diary

I totally love this! While at Comic-Con, Veronica Roth was one of a few authors asked to document their experience. Having attended the Divergent press panel I can saw Veronica was awesome!! She seemed so cool and collective. I can only imagine the nerves she kept at bay, because I would have been freaking out. haha

Here's a snippet from her diary:

Two years ago, a few months after I sold “Divergent” movie rights to Summit Entertainment, I went to Comic-Con for the first time. I was mostly just an observer — I had a short press conference in which I explained my book, I people-watched Harry Potter cosplayers to my heart’s content, and that was about it. This year, however, with the “Divergent” movie being released on March 21, 2014, I embarked on a day packed with interviews, a press conference, a panel and a party in the midst of this fantastic nerd wonderland known as San Diego Comic-Con.

7 a.m. The nerves hit me in my sleep. For someone who spends most of her time in front of a computer screen, alone, the idea of speaking in front of 6,500 people in Hall H on a “Divergent” movie panel is … a little bit daunting, to say the least. I can’t go back to sleep. I hate my brain.

9 a.m. I am hungry but too nervous to eat. I still hate my brain.

9:30 a.m. In an attempt to physically prepare me for a day of being on camera, a makeup artist attaches false eyelashes to my eyelids.

9:45 a.m. I meet Neil Burger, Shailene Woodley and Theo James for a photo shoot and interview with Entertainment Weekly. During the interview, Theo jokes about his next project being art-house porn. He comes up with an entire plot on the spot, and I can’t stop laughing, which is an effective antidote to my nerves.

Read her entire Day 1 Diary entry here. (source, source)