A Recap of the Day's Events

[lagilman]

I was going to do a quick update on the book signing yesterday, but jpsorrow got to it first.

And then pbray weighed in.

I'm not sure I'd call it a disaster, as such -- we sold a fair number of books, even if they did have to be put aside for when the power came back on, and we did hand out a number of cards and whatnot to people who were interested, and we did make nice with the fabulous-under-stress bookstore staff, but...

Yeah, there have been better signings. But at least we weren't sitting there. In the dark. Alone.

[in fact, we still managed to have a bit of fun. as we do.]

So if you're in the NJ area and want to reward a store and staff that really did their best under impossible conditions, head over to the Ledgewood B&N on route 10 and buy a book from them. Maybe one of ours (we left signed stock there) maybe someone else's. But tell em we sent you, and why.

(but you might want to avoid the Outback)

Comments

[mela-lyn.livejournal.com]

Awesome staff!! Sorry it didn't go as planned, but at least you all made the best of it.

Course it makes me think of my favorite line from For the Boys with Bette Midler:

Alone in the dark with thousands of men. There is a God! :)

[jongibbs.livejournal.com]

It may not be the worst, but I'm sure it'll go down as one of the most memorable :)

[pbray.livejournal.com]

I agree, it wasn't a disaster. If it had been just one of us sitting there, it might have been a different story.

And the store staff did their very best under pressure.

[lagilman]

There's safety, if not sanity, in numbers...

[klingonguy.livejournal.com]

What was wrong with the Outback?

[lagilman]

it (reportedly, allegedly) had a fire, causing the power outage.