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Dreamhaven Reading
Jun. 13th, 2008 01:37 pmWow, what a great photograph!
Actually, I asked my mom to take photos at the reading and then forgot to give her my camera. You can take my word for it that I have never looked sexier.
We were scheduled to start at 7:00, but only a few people had showed up, half of them from my immediate family. Man was I nervous, 'cause I had estimated to Elizabeth at the bookstore that we would have thirty or so, and she had ordered accordingly. I waited until 7:05 to start, but the chairs were still sparsely populated.
Of course, as soon as Elizabeth introduced me and I went into my ramble-y spiel about the origins of the book, more people started drifting in. I read for about 30 minutes, and more people kept showing up. They laughed, too, which was good.
Afterwards I sat down to sign books and people started bringing up what they had bought. Five copies, three copies, yay! My Aunt Dorothe gets the prize, though, because she bought TWENTY COPIES. The store had sixty copies to start with, and by the time we got out of there only two were left. I call that a success.
Thanks so much to everyone who made it, and to those who weren't able to, watch this space for information on more readings to come.
EDITED TO ADD: As long as this entire entry is self-promotion, I may as well link you to these (largely positive) reviews: Review Journal, The National (In the UAE? Wow.), and Fantasy Book Critic.
Actually, I asked my mom to take photos at the reading and then forgot to give her my camera. You can take my word for it that I have never looked sexier.
We were scheduled to start at 7:00, but only a few people had showed up, half of them from my immediate family. Man was I nervous, 'cause I had estimated to Elizabeth at the bookstore that we would have thirty or so, and she had ordered accordingly. I waited until 7:05 to start, but the chairs were still sparsely populated.
Of course, as soon as Elizabeth introduced me and I went into my ramble-y spiel about the origins of the book, more people started drifting in. I read for about 30 minutes, and more people kept showing up. They laughed, too, which was good.
Afterwards I sat down to sign books and people started bringing up what they had bought. Five copies, three copies, yay! My Aunt Dorothe gets the prize, though, because she bought TWENTY COPIES. The store had sixty copies to start with, and by the time we got out of there only two were left. I call that a success.
Thanks so much to everyone who made it, and to those who weren't able to, watch this space for information on more readings to come.
EDITED TO ADD: As long as this entire entry is self-promotion, I may as well link you to these (largely positive) reviews: Review Journal, The National (In the UAE? Wow.), and Fantasy Book Critic.