Joel K. 'Jay' Furr 11 April 2005 17:30:05 [ permanent link ]
"Homer Hickam" <hhickam@hiwaay.net> wrote in news:1113224396.539875.146220 @g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
Speaking of a work week, anybody anywhere near Cleveland, come say> hello at the Borders in Cleveland Heights on Wednesday eve (7 PM I> think). It'll probably be just you and me. I'm making this one a> stealth signing (no media). My publisher thought it would be fun to> experiment (I guess) by not letting anyone know I'm coming just to see> what would happen.>
Sometimes, I hate those New York rat b*stards.
Are the Indians or Cavaliers in town? You could show up at a game and get mobbed by your adoring fans there.
Joel K. 'Jay' Furr 11 April 2005 17:53:09 [ permanent link ]
"Homer Hickam" <hhickam@hiwaay.net> wrote in news:1113226716.776384.191280 @o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:
Jay, I can always depend on you for a positive suggestion. Believe me,> I'd rather be at one of those games but these trips are never for fun,> only work. But if you write 'em, you got to sell 'em, too.
When you go to Cleveland, every wakin' minute you're in the city is spent at the bookstore? Man. And they're not even going to tell anyone you're there? Did you cheese your publisher off somehow?
Speaking of a work week, anybody anywhere near Cleveland, come say>hello at the Borders in Cleveland Heights on Wednesday eve (7 PM I>think). It'll probably be just you and me. I'm making this one a>stealth signing (no media). My publisher thought it would be fun to>experiment (I guess) by not letting anyone know I'm coming just to see>what would happen.>
Sometimes, I hate those New York rat b*stards.>
Come back to Cleveland later in the summer. We're going up for a long weekend. See the museums. Go to a game. See the hallowed ground of my Great Good Place: (Rocky River) which I haven't seen since JFK was prez.
Homer Hickam <hhickam@hiwaay.net> wrote:> Speaking of a work week, anybody anywhere near Cleveland, come say> hello at the Borders in Cleveland Heights on Wednesday eve (7 PM I> think).
that's about 3 miles from my house -- i live in CleHts.
but sadly, homer, i will be in Chicago Wed eve, so I'll have to miss this one...
Joel K. 'Jay' Furr <jfurr-nospam@nospam-furrs.org> wrote:> Jeffrey Davis <res099c9@alltel.net> wrote in news:c1c6c$425a92c9$80a32844> $30928@ALLTEL.NET:>
In all my time in Cleveland I never went to Cedar Point. My older >> sisters did, to my envy. But as a midget, I didn't get to go.>
Well, can you go now? I mean, this year? I'd give Beauchamp's left nut to > be able to go and spend about a week there.
Best amusement park for the actual rides in existence.
Minä suojelen sinua kaikelta, mitä ikinä keksitkin sanoa, Joel K. 'Jay' Furr:> "Homer Hickam" <hhickam@hiwaay.net> wrote in news:1113226716.776384.191280> @o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:
Jay, I can always depend on you for a positive suggestion. Believe me,>> I'd rather be at one of those games but these trips are never for fun,>> only work. But if you write 'em, you got to sell 'em, too.
When you go to Cleveland, every wakin' minute you're in the city is spent > at the bookstore? Man. And they're not even going to tell anyone you're > there? Did you cheese your publisher off somehow?
Terry Pratchett, probably the bestselling author in the English language currently...no, wait, Rowling has passed him I think...but anyway, he's sold over 40 million books around the world, and he says exactly the same things about the horrible book tours.
I'd've given it up long ago, like around 10,000 sold.
rich -- -to reply, it's hot not warm +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ \ Rich Hammett http://home.hiwaay.net/~rhammett / "Better the pride that resides in a citizen of the world; \ than the pride that divides / when a colorful rag is unfurled."
Minä suojelen sinua kaikelta, mitä ikinä keksitkin sanoa, Homer Hickam:>> > Book tours don't make sense these days but we keep doing them> because>> > we've always done them.>>
Do they actually increase sales?
Not much but it's about all that fiction writers have anymore. Except> for the rare novel that causes a buzz or the usual stuff from the> Grishams and Clancys and the women's novelists, radio and television> venues are generally only open to non-fiction. So novelists like me,> if we want to sell our work, have to get out and hustle. It's> character building at least.
How does it compare to growing up in a coal mining town for building character? Maybe it'll help Mitch.
rich -- -to reply, it's hot not warm +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ \ Rich Hammett http://home.hiwaay.net/~rhammett / "Better the pride that resides in a citizen of the world; \ than the pride that divides / when a colorful rag is unfurled."
Minä suojelen sinua kaikelta, mitä ikinä keksitkin sanoa, Homer Hickam:>>
How does it compare to growing up in a coal mining town for>> building character? Maybe it'll help Mitch.
What builds character best of all are the people who raise you, the> teachers who teach you, and the women who love you even though they see> right through you.
That sounds hard. Do you have something in a pill, preferably one that doesn't require exercise?
rich -- -to reply, it's hot not warm +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ \ Rich Hammett http://home.hiwaay.net/~rhammett / "Better the pride that resides in a citizen of the world; \ than the pride that divides / when a colorful rag is unfurled."
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