Book Signing Post Mortem

Despite the closing of schools and libraries today and the voluntary evacuation of low-lying areas (they don't call this the Lowcountry for nothing) yesterday, a small bunch of brave souls still attended my book event last night. They asked lots of questions and bought a couple of books, and their eyes didn't glaze over too much when I told them my in-a-nutshell life story.

My last signing clashed with an American Idol audition; this time an approaching tropical storm had Charlestionians' attention. I wonder if all authors have these kind of problems.

Having said that, I'm not complaining; as long-time readers of this blog know, I'm happy if I sell a few books and meet some interesting (and interested) people. That makes all the preparation and publicizing of an event worthwhile.

It's been quite some time now since I trumpeted the well-attended US launch of Milk Treading at Millennium Books & Music, back in Winter 2003. I've recently dug out some pix from that event (there's one above of myself and my chaperone, Sam) and you can catch them all on my Flickr page.