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My Writer's Journal

Book Signings

Two independent bookstores in Albuquerque invited me to do book signings. The ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL took my picture and ran an article last Sunday. Great publicity, but did anyone notice? Several friends mentioned seeing it. Thursday evening I dressed up, sort of, and drove to Alamosa Books, a new bookstore specializing in books for kids and young adults. Elizabeth, the owner, put out a beautiful spread of little pink cupcakes, meringues, pastries, and a fruit punch she called "pink guillotines." Marie-Antoinette would have approved. I read the scene in which Marie-Antoinette suffers the indignities of the ritual dressing, signed books, talked to everybody, and came home.

Yesterday I put on a skirt and lipstick and drove to Bookworks, a bookstore that has been around for years. Connie, the manager, had borrowed a fabulous gown from the Santa Fe Opera and someone built a two-dimensional costume for portraits. (See photo, left) Aa cellist and a violinist played, and Connie gave instructions for the minuet. There was a cake, and even if Marie-Antoinette never said it, we ate it.

I love to do book signings. It's my chance to get away from the computer and out among actual readers. Having readers tell me in person that they like my books is a wonderful treat.
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