So tonight is the night when we join with New Orleans writer Greg Herren at our Meteor/Borders signing to raise money for the New Orleans AIDS Task Force (NO/AIDS)–or we get drunk and wonder where everybody is.
Actually, I’m VERY moved by the donations we’ve received in the mail, and by my personal friends who, though many of them can’t make it, have sent checks so I can buy copies of the books for them tonight (since Borders donates a portion of book sales to NO/AIDS). And then there are the friends who used their extensive e-mail lists to get the word out, and friends who made sure we had plenty of flyers…and the list goes on.
Meanwhile, Greg rolled into Houston last night, and Tim and I finally got to meet him face to face after these many months of talking online. Did we like each other? Was it everything we dreamed it would be and more? Did we stay up talking until nearly 5 a.m. even though we were all exhausted? Why yes, and that answers the first two questions. We laughed, we bitched, it was better than a Jacqueline Susann novel.
And–I SCORED a cover of Greg’s next Scotty book (coming in March) because Greg got mail from Kensington just before he left New Orleans. So unless you get a Kensington catalog, you’ve SEEN IT HERE FIRST!
I am not even there and I am excited for you! Giddiness is contagious!
Sounds like a great time!
Thanks–wish you could be here!
I’m hoping lots-o-pictures will be taken/posted? Besides, somebody needs to put up a new picture. 😉
I know. I know. I was busy getting ready/cleaning for Greg’s visit, and then I thought I’d hold off posting photos since I’ll post stuff from this weekend.
OK…….I’ll try to contain my impatience.
Hi to Greg. Thumbs up for his comment to the chick in the grocery check out.
You KNOW you can count on photos. =)
Well you KNOW Rhonda and I will be there. And I have recruited a couple of people dedicated to showing up — we’ll have fun…and you’ll sell lots of books tonight…no worries.
We can’t wait to see y’all.
Hi 🙂
Would have told you this earlier, but we have dial up now and it doesn’t like me…
Got your latest book about a week ago. It is great. Took me two nights to read it. Took it to work with me and decided that was a bad idea because I wasn’t paying attention to the time while I was reading LOL It is great. My favorite of all of them, probably because I know the area. Ya’ll did great. It made me miss home, but it was great to read about it. Thank you 🙂
BTW, NO/AIDS is a great group. My mom’s brother died of AIDS in 1992 and they were really there for her, they told her how to get things taken care of, and they were there when she needed to vent. Thanks for that too.
Re: Hi 🙂
Aw, thanks, Becky, for your comments about 3F. That means a lot to me.
I’m so glad NO/AIDS was there for your mother. Having support like that makes a huge difference after a loss.