About the book signing…

I had a ball! I’m very taken with this book store. Our little town is working hard to revitalize itself and I think they are doing a great job. The man in charge of events designed to bring more people in is a lifelong friend of LJ’s. I mean really life long, they met when LJ was six months old. On a side note, at this man’s wedding LJ was a groomsman and the grooms younger brother was best man. His friend told the groomsmen that he had lined them up according to how long he had known them. LJ turned to the younger brother and said, “I think you’re in my spot.”

But this young man has done a great job with the town and I was surprised and delighted at the amount of business the book store was doing Saturday morning. With a little help from Mollie, here I am!

I was happily setting up my book display when the owner began marveling at my covers. She was very impressed and I give all the credit to Patty at Blushing Books. Many books in our genre seems to have variations of the same cover. Mine are different and I love them. The owner said they were the best covers for any of the local authors who had come for book signings. 

I chatted with everyone who came in and I was thoroughly enjoying myself when one woman came in and took a double take when she saw my name. She was a complete stranger to me. She rushed over and said, “I was talking to a friend last night and she was talking about you! She said she loved your books. How amazing to find you here this morning.”

I was dumbfounded and ask who her friend was, assuming it was someone I knew or had worked with. But I’d never heard of the woman and she lives nowhere near here. Do you think it was legit, or did she have me mixed up with someone else? Doesn’t matter, I was as happy as could be!

Meredith had told me to picture all my friends out here coming by. That wasn’t hard when Meredith herself walked in – okay, it wasn’t actually her, but it could have been her twin. We talked for a while, everyone was so friendly. 

Near the end of my time the owner came over to talk. She was so sweet. She told me my sales were the best of any local writer they had had – don’t get too excited, I didn’t sell a ton, but she told me many who had come hadn’t sold any. She also told me I was great at talking to the people who came in. LOL, Nick could have told her I could talk! I do like to talk and given the chance to talk about Cassie and the gang and my love of writing… well it’s a wonder I had a voice left.

But the owner told me of one writer who had come for a signing and had never looked up from his phone. And another very young writer who had been typing on her laptop the whole time. Did they expect someone to interrupted them to give them the privilege of discussing their work. Seriously?

My favorite shopper of the day was Mollie. I didn’t know if she was coming. Her feelings for my writing topic is definitely mixed at best. But she wandered the store and listened to me talking with people and signing a few books for folks. As she got ready to leave she came and gave me a big hug, whispering in my ear, “I’m so proud of you!”

I guess in my writing career it was the best day ever.