This week I have spent touring around England - visiting schools in London, Bath and Yorkshire. I also had a most excellent launch party in London, where I met squillions of fabulous people and was given lovely presents. I started eating my cookies on the train ride home.
SUSAN: You are not eating cookies given to you by strangers!
SARAH: I am not. I am eating cookies given to me by awesome people. There was a forcefield around my event, you see. It meant only awesome people were allowed in.
SUSAN: ...
SARAH: If you don't believe me, explain why the whole place was filled with awesome people?
Ladies and gentlemen, she could not.
Which is not to say that I did not suffer from my usual round of terrible embarrassment.
There was a giant poster of The Demon's Lexicon cover in the window, which all admired. Then it was suggested that I should have my picture taken with it.
Then it was suggested that perhaps I should give Nick a kiss.
No, I said. Absolutely not. I would feel VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. I totally refuse.
So of course...
I thought that school visits were going to be rather terrifying, but they turned out to be great fun! I talked to classes full of most awesome students about books and movies and defeating evil overlords, and I threw sweets at them and read out bits from my book and told them all the terrible stories I have about myself.
... Okay, I did almost take a girl's eye out with a packet of fruit pastilles, but apart from that. In one school there was even a girl who read this journal, which felt like having a friend there.
Naturally, my rashness got me into trouble again.
BOYS: Will you sign a postcard?
SARAH: I will sign anything and anyone!
BOYS: In that case... will you sign my chest?
SARAH: No. Absolutely not. I would feel VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. I totally refuse.
So of course I did. I hope the police are not coming for me.
Since I am still not all that coherent, I do have goodies for you elsewhere.
Pictures of Attractive People, or Inspirations and Influences of The Demon's Lexicon
Playlist for The Demon's Lexicon
I am still terrified as to how the book is going to do, and whether people will like it, and whether I will do a Good Job as An Author, but I had a brilliant time on my English tour. So - thank you, England!
SUSAN: You are not eating cookies given to you by strangers!
SARAH: I am not. I am eating cookies given to me by awesome people. There was a forcefield around my event, you see. It meant only awesome people were allowed in.
SUSAN: ...
SARAH: If you don't believe me, explain why the whole place was filled with awesome people?
Ladies and gentlemen, she could not.
Which is not to say that I did not suffer from my usual round of terrible embarrassment.
There was a giant poster of The Demon's Lexicon cover in the window, which all admired. Then it was suggested that I should have my picture taken with it.
Then it was suggested that perhaps I should give Nick a kiss.
No, I said. Absolutely not. I would feel VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. I totally refuse.
So of course...
I thought that school visits were going to be rather terrifying, but they turned out to be great fun! I talked to classes full of most awesome students about books and movies and defeating evil overlords, and I threw sweets at them and read out bits from my book and told them all the terrible stories I have about myself.
... Okay, I did almost take a girl's eye out with a packet of fruit pastilles, but apart from that. In one school there was even a girl who read this journal, which felt like having a friend there.
Naturally, my rashness got me into trouble again.
BOYS: Will you sign a postcard?
SARAH: I will sign anything and anyone!
BOYS: In that case... will you sign my chest?
SARAH: No. Absolutely not. I would feel VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. I totally refuse.
So of course I did. I hope the police are not coming for me.
Since I am still not all that coherent, I do have goodies for you elsewhere.
Pictures of Attractive People, or Inspirations and Influences of The Demon's Lexicon
Playlist for The Demon's Lexicon
I am still terrified as to how the book is going to do, and whether people will like it, and whether I will do a Good Job as An Author, but I had a brilliant time on my English tour. So - thank you, England!
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Also, fruit pastilles. Delicious.
And you, I am fully confident, will do a Good Job as An Author. You already are. :)
And just to let you know, your book has been spotted on the shelves at the *original* Borders Books in downtown Ann Arbor, MI! For whatever that's worth. =)
...and, and really? You told them ALL the stories you have about yourself? Because, well, there are enough on here that make me think you must have spent several days at each school or talked extremely quickly :)
Thank you so much for the launch on Monday - it was such a fantastic and wonderful evening and I met so many incredible people and YOU! And you were even lovelier and sunnier and more gorgeous than I had anticipated and I was very sad I could not stay for Hellboy. :( I am also afraid to report that I am not at all sorry we made you kiss Nick. Several times.
And I also feel very culturally rounded now as I knew four whole songs from your playlist. :)
Seriously, the book was good, and in the middle there was the dancing scene and it suddenly got extremely hot. Uh, I mean extremely well-written and literary. Y....eah.
And I know you will do splendidly! I am still tapping my foot impatiently while I wait for my bookstore to deliver DL...
(Pst. Come to Canada. We Canadians are lovely people who would adore the chance to come get our books signed and ask you to kiss posters in our windows. Just sayin' :P)
And now that I've read the book, where do I feedback you?? Just in any old post or are you collecting them in one specific place???
I finished it yesterday and it's still rummaging round in my brain...
Also, I'd like to do a free-for-all feedback and a feedback that takes misty contexts into consideration but do not want to be indiscreet in public so can I feedback you privately somehow?