Where are you going, where have you been?
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Good question!
On Monday night I had my very first reading from the book, at the lovely library in Decatur (down the street from Emory University, where I first went to college) and had a wonderful time. The Georgia Center for the Book knows how to put these things on, and I was pleased and proud to be a part of one of their programs. I think around 75 people came, and anything over double-digits is a score for me.
The next night, Tuesday, I was back in my hometown, Birmingham, for a predictably wonderful event at Alabama Booksmiths. Jake Reiss knows how to throw a signing. He's been doing it since 1859, though, so it's time he learned. I kid. I kid Jake. Over a hundred people were there and tons o books were purchased. That was quite the night.
But the biggest news is that one of my lifelong dreams have come true! I saw somebody in an airport actually reading my book! This means I am now like John Grisham or Clive Cussler or Nora Roberts (the list goes on!) -- like all those people whose books get read in airports. I know, I know: this is huge. Huge!
Okay. What makes this a little bit weird is that the woman I saw with the book, Melissa, had just the night before entered the poster contest, predicting that I would see someone reading my book in the airport -- and I did -- and it was her! So Melissa is the first winner! But not the last. Keep those predictions coming.
posted by Daniel Wallace at 10:30 AM
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