These are exciting times.
So without much further ado, let me tell you the excitement of signing my book (well, advance reader’s copies…but still. Signing! MY book!!). Let’s just refresh our memories a bit, shall we? The Sourcebooks (my publisher) exhibit looked like this:
The Dog Lived (and So Will I) display at Book Expo America
What? You think there was more to the exhibit than my book? Fine. It looked like this:
Sourcebooks Book Expo 2012
And I signed here:
Teresa Signs The Dog Lived and So Will I memoir at BEA 2012
And people actually stood in line for the book!
The Dog Lived (and So Will I) lives!!
(Look…they’re holding my book!!)
I was, as you can probably tell, giddy. And all 200 books were gone in 35 minutes (most of them signed by me, but not all…some folks just want the book and want to move on to the next booth). 35 minutes! Not even the entire hour I was supposed to be signing! (So now I know…I can take a little longer chatting with folks). Extra fun was the number of people who showed me cell phone photos of their own dogs. Some were even beagles! And of course, some were also breast cancer survivors or getting the book for a friend or family member who is or was battling breast cancer. I began to realize the impact the book might have for people, just from this crowd and what they each wanted to chat about. I hope it’s a good impact and makes folks smile, or laugh, or just feel a little bit better somehow. I sure felt great! (Right…it’s not about me. )
But also…I felt exhausted (okay, so it is about me). After the signing Chris and I decided we’d go outside and go for a walk. We walked the High Line and enjoyed this:
High Line View NYC
A Walk on the High Line NYC
Yep, that’s the Empire State Building
Yeah, I was tired. Happy, but tired.
Cool Building on a Cool, cool day.
Would you be surprised to know we then needed a nap? Yeah, big time. We had to rest up to get caught in a surprising downpour have dinner at Di Silvano’s restaurant. The food (and the people) were fabulous. But, I’m not gonna lie. This was the whole point of the dinner:
I loved the Cancer Vixen book when I was going through treatment, so I really wanted to do this.
The author of Cancer Vixen, Marisa Acocella Marchetto is married to Silvano…the owner of the restaurant.
The next morning we were too tired to do anything but sleep in, pack up, admire all the BEA swag:
The Advance Reader’s Copies we were given. And I now feel compelled to read.
and head home to this:
He’s Famous and He Knows It!
And all was right with the world.
All very awesome, and really, the photo where people are standing in line, examing your book and reading the book jacket, that would be my prize photo. Love that photo. Because that says everything. That is the author moment in a bookstore or event where you hide behind the bookshelves and watch for the true reaction of the readers. And they love it. So…. can’t…. wait….. for the release date. So cool. So fun. Enjoy.
Wow – just found your blog page and think it’s great. Your beagle is adorable, and I’m so glad to see you are doing very well. Good luck at all these signings! Each story of getting through cancer is an inspiration to those just starting the treatments.