I bought your book and I liked it, but I would like to get it signed and I wanted to know if you were going on tour. I couldn’t find any dates. I also wanted to know if you have another book coming out soon, or if your working on one. Oh yeah, and my favorite character is snow.
Alexander
No tour unless I pay for it myself, or find a tour angel who wants to jet me and my sweetie to places where people will turn up in droves, buy lots of books, and ply us with good food and wine and conversation…. ah, the writer’s life as it should be. I really enjoy doing readings and signings, and wish I had more opportunity. I think I’d do well on a tour – I enjoy meeting readers, booksellers, reps and journalists, and there’s nothing like face-to-face mutual goodwill to help spread the word about the work. Anyone who can get me or Nicola on Fresh Air or All Things Considered, and would find a very nice dinner with us an incentive, please feel free to pull some strings on our behalf (grin).
I always post information about appearances in News, and will certainly give advance notice of anything outside of Seattle. Right now, the only way to get a book personally signed is to order one through University Books, and I’ll go in and sign it. (edited in 2008 to add: I’m not doing this right now, but you can email me directly and I’ll give you a PO Box to send a book to. Kludgy, I know, but there it is.) I know you’ve already bought the book, I’m not asking you to buy another, but perhaps someone will get you a signed copy for your next present-receiving occasion.
I like Snow too. It’s good to have a person of focus in one’s corner, as Jackal certainly knows.
I’ve been accumulating all my air miles for years now. I think pretty soon I’ll have enough for a couple of round trips from Seattle to a book fair in a city I used to know. Next year, the guest of honor is LA, so I expect that at least a decent number of presentations will happen in English.
I’m sure you have many angels floating around, since you’ve both been on NPR/PRI shows now.
Re: signing. I still think every writer and their fans should own terminals of Margaret Atwood’s LongPenâ¢. Maybe if we elect her Prime Minister, she’ll make sure at least every Canadian home has one.