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A Fair Day
April 28, 2007
Had breakfast this morning with Sasha Lord, Jana DeLeon and Jo Carlisle. Jana was sporting snappy looking bead necklaces with alligators dangling. The cool part is that the alligator's mouth is a bottle opener. (Ok, so it doesn't take much to excite me but now I have my very own)
The big event today is the Book Fair which is also open to the public. Talk about a crush of people. Thankfully, the authors were set up in alphabetical order, so fans looking for specific favorites could at least head in the right direction. What a rush for readers of any kind! Overheard: "OMG, it's really you!" "I have all your books!" "How could you kill off Jack??" "Please write faster!!" There were tons of bookmarks and other doodads given away, but I need to give special props to
Rona Sharon who gave away little beauty bags with dead sea bath crystals and body lotions. Now you may think, so what? Big deal. But she put a sticker of her book cover on the products with, in my opinion, the hottest cover model out there. It looked so real that I thought the product was sold that way. So, thanks Rona, I will be squeezing the lotion out of this with pleasure.
Lunch with Sandy Blair was a hoot. She's a vivacious red head with lots of great stories. Highlander books rock!! (Once again, interviews will follow at a later date)
Now a tough assignment. Cover the Mr. Romance Contest. The winner will featured on the cover of a Dorchester book. Lots of skin, hootin' and hollerin' but then I settled down to watch the show. Each guy acted out a character in one of the selected books. A cowboy, an Indian warrior, a Special Forces guy, a kung fu kind of guy, a Highlander and Robin Hood. And the winner is Jason!
Dorchester hosted a party for booksellers and librarians. Lots of picture taking and gushing over authors. These booksellers and librarians know their stuff. Then, to promote the new Immortal series, is yet another themed party.
Liz Maverick came dressed as a character from her book and
Marianne Mancusi looked exactly like her book cover, including the sword. (Check back on Tuesday when I get home I'll download the picture.) They gave away books, which at first was done orderly, but when they announced you could have as many as you wanted, it was a free for all. Needless to say, the readers left very happy.
Bottom line: Saying "free books!" to a bunch of avid readers is like yelling "Fire!" in a movie theater.
Liz as one of her characters Marianne as the cover character
Posted by Barbara Vey on April 28, 2007 | Comments (2)
