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October 13, 2004

Junior High Redux

Lani, writing in the small pocket of time while her mother hits the Wal-Mart...

Oh. My. God.

I'm. So. Tired.

Got back from the New Jersey conference and moved straight into a visit with my mother, who came up to get loads of video of her grandchildren and to escort me to my first ever reading/discussion/signing as a real, live published author.

Now, my mother's a lovely woman. Very sweet and kind. But she brought a video camera. On a tripod. Taped the WHOLE THING. Which, you know, is okay, except that I'm thirty-three. Isn't there a point where Mom should stop taping your events? Like, after the seventh grade? Can we have a ruling here?

All in all, for a first reading, it went pretty well. There were about ten people in the audience, and I personally knew six of them. Four were from my Central New York RWA group, so that was a hoot. I got a few laughs as I read Wanda's dialogue and looked stealthily around to make sure there weren't any children present. Next time, I'll announce ahead of time that some of the material may not be appropriate for children. Like, all of it.

I think possibly my favorite part of the evening would be when all my writer friends, grown women in their thirties and forties, waved at my mom and said, "Bye, Lani's Mom!" Another Jr. High moment.

I did, however, manage to not say anything too bad/embarrassing/inappropriate during the signing. Of course, my foot-in-mouth quota is usually directly proportional to the size of the crowd. So when, for instance, Chris Baty pulls in the big numbers during our mini-tour at the end of the month, I'll be sure to offend someone. Don't worry - there will be some good Lani-the-Doofus stories from that tour, I'm sure!

The Literary Chicks In New Jersey!

Michelle, Alesia and Lani partying it up at the "Put Your Heart In A Book" conference!

Posted by Lani at 9:36 AM | Comments (1)

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Posted by: Alesia at October 13, 2004 9:39 PM