Saturday I braved 97 degree heat to journey to my first book signing at a Books-A-Million store. The store, at Potomac Mills, is a huge one, and because we are still learning each other, Books-A-Million ordered only one title, my flagship book, Blood and Bone. But even without multiple sales, I met a great number of new friends and signed quite a stack of books. I think that this was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Sunday it was back to Borders, this time in Waldorf, Maryland. It was another good showing, not surprisingly, despite another blisteringly hot day. Of course, Borders always orders a full complement of my work, and having one gentleman hand me five novels to sign did impact the final results. It was a great weekend for book signing, but by the time I got home I was totally wrung out. Of course, I'll do it all again when given the chance.
Also last week, my name popped up on one of my favorite blogs, "
The Murder Circle." On her blog, Sunny Frazier shares news of her fellow crime writers, often connecting them one to another (hence the Murder Circle.) In this case, a mention of Troy Cook (author of The One Minute Assassin) serving as Toastmaster at Deadly Ink raised my name because I'll also be at that conference (June 20-22) and my name connected her to my good friend Diane Marquette who writes the Chesapeake Conference Center mysteries.
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