Let me know when you're ready to start promotion. I'm on a big list of Jennifer Crusie fans, many of whom are also Brockmann fans and writers. They'd be glad to know what you're up to.
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Betsy HP - Sep 22, 2004 4:56:06 pm PDT #6778 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Amy - Sep 22, 2004 5:13:52 pm PDT #6779 of 10001
Because books.
Scary, Deb. My brother is allergic to bees like that. It was so frightening when he was little.
Allyson, this mini-con will be in California, L.A.? God, I wish I could come -- I love Suzanne Brockmann. She gave the luncheon keynote address at a conference a few years ago, and she's a fantastic speaker.
dcp, I thought the drabble was fine the first time around, but the revision is good, too.
Allyson - Sep 22, 2004 5:29:58 pm PDT #6780 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
It's either Orlando or Atlanta. We're just waiting for the proposals to come back from hotels. It'll be MLK weekend.
ETA: Oh, thanks Betsy. The last one we did was a bed and breakfasty type place in Texas, IIRC. We're planning for 100-125 attendees at this one.
Amy - Sep 22, 2004 6:39:43 pm PDT #6781 of 10001
Because books.
It's either Orlando or Atlanta
East Coast venues! Hmmm. This may be a possibility.
Ginger - Sep 22, 2004 6:41:42 pm PDT #6782 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
That's cool, Allyson. Let me know if you need anything in Atlanta.
deborah grabien - Sep 22, 2004 9:53:12 pm PDT #6783 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Allyson, ought to be a hell of a con. Once it's set, can I pass this on to Jenn (my agent)? She has a nice stable of romance writers she reps.
Amy - Sep 23, 2004 8:40:25 am PDT #6784 of 10001
Because books.
Deb, there's a nice review of The Real Minerva, your friend Mary Sharrat's book, in the new BookPage (which is usually free at local libraries). It sounds like a lovely book.
And I know this should probably go in Lit, but Deb doesn't hang out in there anymore.
deborah grabien - Sep 23, 2004 8:53:58 am PDT #6785 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Amy, I'll pass that on. Mary's doing a thing at Lafayette Books, and our friend Susan Ito is hosting a book party for Mary at her place in the East Bay on 4 October.
Oh, and I have the Bay Area booklaunch party at M is for Mystery all arranged, and will post in, what, press? Beep Me? one of 'em, anyway, as we get closer.
I want to do something back east, damn it.
And right now, I also want to work on vampire book, and can't until Nic takes me for a drive in the LA hills this weekend; I can't write them until I have the setting. And it's driving me fruit.
Deena - Sep 23, 2004 9:06:04 am PDT #6786 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
If it's a case of needing many things to make it worth your while, Deb, I'd arrange a book signing or a library gathering or an anything you want, pretty much, here in Cleveland. It's not quite east, but it's close.
deborah grabien - Sep 23, 2004 9:11:38 am PDT #6787 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
(thread hijack, for lack of any other place to put it)
Deena, that's the crux of it: having people in a given area bug the bookstore and/or library, and make the request. I'm doing a phone thing with a reading group at the Shrewsbury library, from here, if we can arrange it, but I just don't have the jam to ring up a bazillion bookstores around the USA and say hey, want to do an event?
So absolutely, if the Cleveland or local library wants an event? I'll go to Cleveland, you bet.
(edit: returns thread to garage without a scratch on it)