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I actually wrote a long blog, but I’ve saved it as a draft while Jonathon and I decide whether I should post it, and if I do, how much flack we’ll get. Sorry, if that’s sort of a tease, but it ended up being another soap box entry and we’re just not sure we’re up to handling anymore up close and personal reactions to things this trip. It has nothing to do with the signing, or even the tour really, so we may save it.
The event at Borderlands went wonderfully. We can’t decide how many people we were told we had in line. Jon remembers around a 100. I thought 160, and someone else said 200. Take your pick. It was great to see so many familiar faces, and so many new ones. The birthday girl that flew all the way to St. Louis for her sixteenth birthday, accompanied by her father, was in line because we were close to home for her. It was very cool to see her and her father and meet more of her family. I think they were her sister and brother, but I’m not a hundred percent certain they were formally introduced, so forgive me if they were not siblings. We had a new birthday celebrated with us last night, John (yes I remember your last name, which is unusually for me, but if I give your whole name some people will try to find you in the phone book. So no full names here.). He stayed until the signing was over, so he could get more of his books signed. I am amazed and impressed that being at one of our signings is the way people want to spend such important days of their lives.
Because the signing started so early in the day, we actually were able to go eat at a nice restaurant that didn’t have a hotel attached to it. Not disparaging the hotel restaurants, but it’s nice to change the scenery now and again.
Tonight we’re going to be at the Barnes and Noble on Broadway in Oakland. The event starts at 7:00 with a Q & A, then maybe 30 minutes later we’ll be signing books.
We look forward to seeing everyone there. Lots of people told us yesterday that they’d be at the Oakland event for the Q & A, as there wasn’t space for it at Borderlands.