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We did both Dayton and Cincinnati, again great events. We were at Books and Company in Dayton and a Borders in Cincinnati. Jon just pointed out that some of this blog is about Delaware, Newark Delaware, which was a Borders. So this is a triple threat blog. I got to meet my namesake in Delaware. A fan had written in to ask if I’d mind if she named her baby after me, and I didn’t mind. Well, the baby is about one now, maybe a little under, and she’s adorable. In fact her mom had been showing her my picture prepping her for the signing so she’d know who I was, and apparently the picture had left a good impression, because she went right to me, and made herself very at home. I’m not usually a baby person, but Laurell Keira (not a hundred percent sure of the spelling on the middle name) charmed my socks off. Thanks to all the couples at these signings and in Chicago that asked permission to use quotes from my books in their wedding invitations. Attribute it to me and the book it came from in the invite, and let us know what quote you chose. That I am curious about. At least two people showed me a mock up of the quote, but in the crush of the waiting crowd, and me not wearing my glasses, I either didn’t read it all, or am glomming the two quotes together. I know one of them was a Jean-Claude quote, and I even remember the scene, but I think I’m smooshing it with the other invitation I saw.
In Dayton at Books and Company, we had two odd incidence. A glass door broke during the event, with no one close to the door, and no reason for it to break. We just heard this low, thud-pop sound, and later learned the glass had broken. I thought someone had thrown something, but everyone swears nothing touched it. Oooh. Thought I’d share that. They also did a charity auction of one of the big poster displays of the cover of DANSE MACABRE with me signing it to the winner. We had two very determined people wanting it, so it went for several hundred dollars. The money went to the Literacy Council, so a good cause. Congrats to our winner.
I started this blog yesterday when we were fresh off the plane. We’ll be here for one full day, then off we go again, so I’m a little fried, so a lot of things may be glomming together, my apologies. In fact, I’m probably going to be saying that a lot in these next few blogs, because I’m trying to catch up on all the events we haven’t blogged yet. It always works better if we blog that night, but sometimes it’s not possible.
Another thing I’ll add here is that my agent informs me I’ve been answering the movie question wrong. Sorry, about that. Jon and I were under the very wrong impression that in development meant that we were in process but had nothing definite exactly. Since Jon and I are continuing to work on the script regardless, I thought that was one way of saying something without saying a lot. Nope. I have been informed that ‘in devolpment’ is supposed to mean that the rights have been purchased for movie or television, like a signed deal. The rights have not been purchased, no deal is currently signed and sealed. But my agent is talking to people about those rights. If we get anything definite we’ll let you guys know.