Day 9 of the Tour
Day 9 of the Tour
7:00 PM – Borders, 5871 Crossroads Center Baileys Crossroads, VA 22041!
Today we got to sleep in and have a chance to catch up on our rest.
We taped an interview with Tom Shaad at Fast Forward. An enjoyable and pleasant experience as always.
Next we went to the borders to do an interview with Warren Lapine of Science Fiction Chronicle. Part way through the interview we were interrupted by a message that there was a woman going into labor, and would Laurell sign her books. This set the tone for the evening. She had gotten up out of bed rest to come see Laurell, and standing in line had caused her to begin labor. Laurell signed her books so her mother could whisk her away to the hospital. After this Laurell went back to the interview, but the encounter had derailed her concentration.
The event itself was up to the store’s normal par, which is excellence. Colleen Holt, the Manager had arranged to have Trader Joe’s cater the event with Chocolate Cake, Strawberries, and Garlic Hummas.
The around 200 people has fun and so did we, even though it was another long night of us. This was also the event where Laurell had the most questions from people who hadn’t finished the book. They were asking about things that happened in Cerulean Sins. All the fans who had finished the book went “oooooohh.”
This has been the book that the most people have asked, “when will this character have this happen?” And it is obvious that they haven’t finished the book, because the event they ask about happens in the book, just a little later on than they have read.
P.S. A special welcome to David! His mom Veronica is the one who went into labor while waiting. His very proud Grandma Mary let us know both are doing well! Cannot you not imagine his mother telling him where she was when she went into labor? What a story for a kid. 