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It’s here, at long last! A STROKE OF MIDNIGHT is finally here, yea! It came out yesterday April 12th. You can finally buy the book and find out what I’ve been nattering about here for months. Only you, the blog readers, know how fast the turn around was between finishing the book and having it hit the shelves. I think it’s the fastest turn around that I’ve ever had between completion and pub date. On one hand it’s great because it means the book comes out sooner, on the other hand it’s like didn’t I just finish this book. It’s almost like the pub date snuck up on me.
We had our the first signing last night. A Borders in Fairview Heights, Illinois. If it hadn’t been so cloudy, and rainy, you could have seen the Cahokia mounds from the parking lot. Which seemed appropriate for the first signing for the fourth Merry Gentry book. I mean the Cahokia mounds are where the fey live in my world. So, cool.
Number of people in line were between 260 and 300. Saw some familiar faces, and some new ones. I let the crowd vote on whether they wanted me to read from the new book, or do questions and answers. The Q and A won out by a medium margin. I think next time it’s that close that I’ll read for a few minutes and a take a few less questions.
Saturday is the next signing at the Barnes and Noble at Crestwood, MO. It will start at 2:00 in the afternoon so we’ll have a chance to get us all out of there before midnight. There is a limit of three books per person. Sorry, but my arm can only do so much. If you have more books you are free to wait and go back through the line. Some people did.
See ya Saturday.