So last night, I went to yet another signing. This time for the fabulous Michelle Zink. I was relieved to see some kids in the audience because they were the ones that asked most of the questions.
Well, but first off - I got a little lost on the way to Borders and ended up at Half Priced Books - which I had heard rumors of from a friend of mine. Imagine... books that are half of the list price! Well, I found four, bought them and then headed off the RIGHT way to Borders.
Sadly, the Borders I was at did not have wi-fi yet. So I walked (in my nice sandals) to Caribou. I had to stop on my way - at Walgreens - where I bought some blister bandaids because my feet were already in pain.
I was nervous but excited - because Michelle said she may be available after the signing to go out afterwards for a bit with me. (More on that later).
So, finally at Borders and who do I see? Some other young woman - Danielle - who was at Maggie's signing. So we ended up sitting together and chatting. She's an aspiring author and was really awesome to talk to.
Here's a picture of us with Michelle after the signing.
I had actually won a signed copy of PotS and a regular copy previously. So I bought an extra - got one signed to my future sister-in-law whose birthday is at the end of October (she's 14 and loves to read!) and then one for one of my followers! But, I'm waiting a bit on the contest, because I'm going to be running a different contest first (so look for the PotS contest to come!).
While she was signing my book, she told me how much she had been dying to meet me! I was like.. wait.. that's MY line. :-D
I got a great big hug from Michelle and another picture and was sad to hear that she was dead on her feet and so was her driver. She was really fabulous and I can't wait to hang with her again during the YA Conference this Saturday. Hopefully she's been resting a bit between her school visits and book signings and will be ready to chat it up on the panels.
So, you'll see another post this Saturday or Sunday chatting all about that... :-D.
I had a ton of fun at the signing and wish more awesome authors would come my way!
Friday, September 25, 2009
Michelle Zink signing
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I am glad you had fun!
ReplyDeleteI am so jealous of all of you americains who gets those awesome book signing!
I must say that I'm very jealous :) I LOVED her book and really wanted to go to her signing, but I had to work, ugh!! Glad you had fun!
ReplyDeleteYou are so lucky to be in a place where authors actually visit. I am in no-author's-land.
ReplyDeleteWow. You are so so lucky! I'm jealous :)
ReplyDeleteHey the half price book place I live near one but some people said that it wasnt so good !!!!I'm glad you had fun
ReplyDeleteThe anderson book confrence i was planing on attending but decided not to Have fun
How lucky you are! I have the same problem as Elnice, no authors came to my city =(
ReplyDeleteBut well seems like you had fun! I can't wait to know how it goes Saturday!
That's so cool that Michelle was excited to meet you! Congrats and I hope the YA Conference is great.
ReplyDeleteWow, you sure are going to a lot of signings lately! I think it's great when authors you love turn out to be what you expected and more! How exciting it must be to hear that she was looking forward to meet you!
ReplyDeleteHey girl where do you live? Like which state?
ReplyDeleteWow you have been hitting up all the signings lately. That's so awesome and it sounds like a ton of fun. Keep up with the picture posts! =]
ReplyDeleteThings like this make me wish I actually lived in an area where authors that I like would come. On the plus side, I'm only about an hour away from a few more author-friendly bookstores.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad 4 u & a little bit jealous at the same time.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad 4 u & a little bit jealous at the same time.
ReplyDeleteThis looks great - I always find out about author signings after the fact.... :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so incredibly jealous! I love meeting authors! But I'm glad you had fun! Yay for book love!
ReplyDeleteNatalie @ Mindful Musings
Jealous! No good authors ever come to any areas around me. Sounds like you had a good experience.
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I'm jealous like everyone else!
ReplyDeleteAuthors just don't come anywhere within 6 hours of where I live! I did get to see Sarah Dessen though when I was at my grandparent's house :)
I'm a bit jealous of all of the authors you get to meet!
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you had fun :-)
You are so lucky. Authors never come to my town, lol. I'd die if one did though. So yeah, I'm green right now, lol.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had fun and Michelle seems to be really nice.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great compliment - she was dying to meet YOU! Glad you had fun at the signing!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a great time at the signing. What fun to be able to chat with the author.
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Sounds like tons of fun!
ReplyDeleteMichelle seems really nice on Twitter so I'm sure she was even more impressive in person! :)
2 Bookstores, coffee - and an author! What more could you want in a day? That would be cool to have an author tell me they really wanted to meet me!
ReplyDeleteI love author signings. She seems so nice!
ReplyDeleteAwww she seems so nice.
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I'm another commenter that wished I lived in an area where I could have access to great bookstores that attracted authors for signings. They are my "rock stars" and I would have been thrilled to meet Michelle Zink. Isn't it great she thought your were a rock star too! :D
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like fun-I just love to go to author signings and it's so nice when they are willing to help others who are struggling their way up the writing ladder!
ReplyDeleteI'm jealous you have a half priced books near you!! I have been dying to go to one!
ReplyDeleteGlad you had fun, I can't wait to go to an author signing =)
I've only been to a couple of book signings and they were so fun! Thanks for sharing your experience!
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