Regarding the Festival followed by Kyra: I am reminded of the time when I spent a week with Rosemary, Noah, Alessandra, and the other Inkspillers and then spent the next week with Meholicks, Nielsons, etc. The first week was awesome, and the second week was awesome. It's like... AAAHHHH SO MUCH AWESOME ALL AT ONCE THIS IS FANTASTIC

Anyway. Glad you're having fun. :D Your descriptions, I think, make all your readers have just a bit of fun along with you.