Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Woo Hoo! It’s STAND BY YOUR HITMAN launch week! And I’m coming from you live, from my daughter’s laptop because mine has some serious mental issues. Of course, I can’t talk, since I’m basically mainlining Midol right now. So, no fun photos, etc. I’ll just have to discuss the impending death of Al – the space plant – which has gone all brown and dried out but is still standing – next week. My eulogy will make you weep.
HITMAN came out on Tuesday at most bookstores and I have a signing locally at 2pm CT at the Borders in Davenport, Iowa on Sept. 6. I’ve also been guest blogging this week, yesterday at Romance Writers Revenge and tomorrow on Romance Vagabonds. It’s been a lot of fun and yesterday the rum flowed freely on the pirate ship. A little too freely in fact. I can’t for the life of me decipher the chapter I wrote last night. Something to do with Coney, a fairy godmother wearing chartreuse, and a giant lobster.
For those of you who live vicariously and sado-masochistically through me, I’m also preparing for this weekend’s Fifth Annual Labor Day Girl Scout Camping trip! That’s right – three wonderful days with 24 fifth grade girl scouts! Let the good times (and Absorbine jr.) roll!
So, you could see I’m a little distracted this week. But that’s okay. I’d be worried if book launch week was normal. Actually, I’m pretty sure that would be impossible. But I’m excited! It’s so cool to see the book in stores and my friends have been dropping by (which is great as soon as I throw some clothes on and close the kitchen door so they can’t see the dirty dishes) to have me sign their books.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help me come up with a suitable phrase with which to sign my books. For one year, I’ve been writing all kinds of crap (and my uncles have all asked me to stop writing “to my favorite uncle” because I write that in all their books and they checked. Who knew they would do that?) from long, personal paragraphs to the ever-popular “Enjoy,” which seems a bit arrogant to me.
And for my fellow divas – how about telling me the strangest thing a fan has ever asked you to write in your book? I don’t have one of those yet, although I did have a (drop-dead gorgeous, I might add) fan (who will be unnamed, but you KNOW who you are) who gave me her phone number, put her phone in her cleavage and asked me to call often so her breasts would vibrate. She even wrote on her nametag, “Leslie Langtry Makes My Boobs Vibrate.” Mr. Assassin thought that was pretty cool.
And for my friends – give me a fitting phrase with which I can sign my books (knowing full well that I will always personalize YOUR books).