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Friday, September 15, 2006
9:32:00 AM EDT
Hearing Tequila Sunrise -- The Eagle
Although, I have to say, this picture is prettier than most:
Sunrise in Denver. One of the nice things about traveling west is that when my body woke up today it felt like 8am, but here in Denver it was only 6am, and I was awake for the sun coming up. Thus, some nice shots of the sunrise, which I generally tend not to catch due to sleep being one of my favorite things to do in the dawn hours. Call me crazy.
Getting to my hotel was a bit of an adventure: The next shuttle bus to my destination was about 90 minutes later, so I ended up taking a very expensive taxi ride (I'll be filing that expense report to my publisher, you betcha) which was also rather exciting, in that apparently there are large swaths of Denver-area freeways which thanks to construction don't have their lanes clearly marked. I think I almost died about six times on the way to the hotel. But I managed to arrive nontheless -- or at the very least my ghost is corporeal enough to type.
I'm in town for a bookseller's trade show, so today I'll be wondering about the convention center, signing books and generally going out my way to try to convince booksellers that my books are going to sell oodles and scads for them, so please please please stock them on their shelves. We'll see how well I do with that. It means posting will be light around here today, however. Wish me luck making a good impression.
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9:32:00 AM EDT
Hearing Tequila Sunrise -- The Eagle
And Now The Obligatory "Picture From My Hotel Room"
Although, I have to say, this picture is prettier than most:
Sunrise in Denver. One of the nice things about traveling west is that when my body woke up today it felt like 8am, but here in Denver it was only 6am, and I was awake for the sun coming up. Thus, some nice shots of the sunrise, which I generally tend not to catch due to sleep being one of my favorite things to do in the dawn hours. Call me crazy.
Getting to my hotel was a bit of an adventure: The next shuttle bus to my destination was about 90 minutes later, so I ended up taking a very expensive taxi ride (I'll be filing that expense report to my publisher, you betcha) which was also rather exciting, in that apparently there are large swaths of Denver-area freeways which thanks to construction don't have their lanes clearly marked. I think I almost died about six times on the way to the hotel. But I managed to arrive nontheless -- or at the very least my ghost is corporeal enough to type.
I'm in town for a bookseller's trade show, so today I'll be wondering about the convention center, signing books and generally going out my way to try to convince booksellers that my books are going to sell oodles and scads for them, so please please please stock them on their shelves. We'll see how well I do with that. It means posting will be light around here today, however. Wish me luck making a good impression.
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Yes, where are the Mtns? LOL Look west, John and take a picture! :D
Good luck at the convention, but most of all...have fun!!
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Yeah... f*ck all that worrying sh*t... screws up the Deal.
Here's how you SHOULD handle it.
1) Front like you have to check with booksellers to see if they are the ones you want selling your books. "No book store at the end of the mall sh*t for John Scalzi." Referring to yourself in the third person RULES, and will impress all but the bigwigs.
2) When someone tries to talk to you, cut them off immediately with "If you're not promising to put a huge Scalzi poster on your book store front window, talk to my people at this number." Then, give them a phone # that Athena will answer.
3) Wait till the convention is packed, and then beat the hell out of someone in full view of everyone. Then walk around, covered in someone else's blood, and be like "How many copies will you be taking?"
4) Google up the last book store to have a) suffered a bombing or b) had a murder take place in it. Then, as soon as someone starts giving you the runaround, say "The people at ________ (bombed store) gave me the same crap... ONCE."
5) No one has seen J.D. Salinger for like 40 years... claim to be him, writing under a pseudonym.
6) Hire two hookers, and have them stand next to you with a sign that says "Free Fellatio With Every 200(?) Books Purchased." Just make sure that you don't sell to any gay people, or you might get a crick in your neck.
7) Explain to people that besides winning the Campbell(?) Award, you are also the Tape-Bacon-To-Your-Cat guy.
8) Pull the fire alarm... then stay hidden on the convention floor. When everyone else evacuates, throw out all the other books.
9) Find out the names of the authors near you, and when you see someone come to you from them, be like "I loved ______'s book that denied the Holocaust."
10) Claim to be black. If they don't buy your books, make a scene. It doesn't matter if you're pasty white... Sicily was occupied by Africans for many a moon. You should see the mileage I ge -
Considering you are the John Campbell award winner, I think you will sell fine. The pic is gorgeous!!
be well,
Dawn
9/16/06 12:30 AM