I have taken most of the pictures down for the Pale Demon tour, but I left the family photos!
A Perfect Blood was released February 21, 2012. It was a typical Michigan winter day with slushy snow in the morning, and rain in the evening, but I'd have it no other way, and I've begun to look forward to seeing how spring is progressing --or not progressing -- as I make my way from coast to coast.
First stop was Schulers in Lansing! Schulers has become my "home" store since moving back to Michigan, and boy did I feel right at home!
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Nicola's
Nicola's back room where I chilled and signed those personalized copies you ordered. I'm styling with my new glasses. Hey, if you have to wear glasses, wear GLASSES!
Nicola's was as wonderful as I remembered it, with people from as far away as Canada and Tennessee. Again, I was surprised at how many people there had been to one of my events before -- but then again, I call Nicolas home.
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Boston Public Library
Boston was wonderful! The crowds were a lot of fun, and though they almost had to kick us out, we managed to get through all the signing. The crowd was new and had a lot of great questions from writing, to industry, to the characters. Pandemonium supplied the books for purchase, but I signed a lot of beloved, well-worn copies as well.
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Hanover MD, Books A Million
Hanover, just outside of Washington had a huge crowd. . . and full of people I knew from the drama box and FB. We did have a chance to pull everyone with a shirt out of line for a family photo. We even had one from last year's tour!
Towards the end, we got a little rowdy
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Eagle Eye books, Atlanta Georgia
Here's a shot of the crowd taking pictures of me. Turn-around is fair play!
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Books And Books, Coral Gables
Books and Books is a fabulous store! There were lots of roadies and we had a great time!
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West Palm Beach Library, Wellington
Wellington Palm Beach Public Library was a blast! There was a great crowd with tons of questions. This is apparently horse country, and I ran into a man I'd met before way up north at another signing who shoes them for a living.
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Cuyahoga Public Library
The library at Cuyahoga was fabulous with a long line, but everyone was still smiling by the last of it and everyone got all their books signed. I hope I can go back again.
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Tattered Cover, Denver CO
I'd never been to Tattered Cover before. It's a fabulous store that was once a theater, and you can still see remnants of it if you take half a look. There was a great batch of questions. We even had a roadie from the Outlaw Demon Wails tour!
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Dark Delicacies, Burbank CA (LA)
And in LA, Tim and I signed in one of the industry's well known store, Dark Delicacies. Dark Delicacies and Tattered Cover (see above) are two of the few genre stores that are known in the industry to have been a part of its development. It's independents like these who make these tours possible, little islands of thought alert to change and welcoming it so as to keep moving forward and thriving.
Like all independents, Dark Delicacies and Tattered Cover work hard at keeping their cliental happy, often knowing patrons by their first name and exactly what they like to read. They know how to run a successful event, and I'm always sorry to not have more time to spend with the hands-on owners/operators, but even so, I can tell when someone has their heart in what they do.
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Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego
We did something very cool at Mysterious Galaxy this time, bringing everyone out for a group picture, the roadies up front with me. I left lots of signed books, so if you're interested, give them a call! They ship worldwide.
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Borderlands, San Francisco
Borderlands in SF is another of my favorite Independent stores. Actually, I think it was one of the first that my publisher sent me to, and it's great to see how much we've both changed over the years. When we first met, they were trying to get the property next to them to open up a cafe, and this year, I got to speak in it! I left a lot of signed books--not just A Perfect Blood, but most of the titles in mass market as well.
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Barnes and Noble, San Bruno
We had some roadies! I'd never been to the San Bruno store, but it was surprising how many of the people there I had either met at a previous signing or knew from online.
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University Bookstore, Seattle WA
If I'm standing next to Duane, then you know I'm in Seattle at the University Bookstore. It was a joint signing with Patricia Briggs, and did we have fun!
Me and my Seattle Roadies!! Thank you for coming out and seeing us! It was a fantastic event with Patricia Briggs
I hope we can do this again.
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Powells Books, Beaverton
As always, Powells in Beaverton was wonderful! We had a fabulous group of roadies, a bunch from the White Witch tour. I read, took Q&A, and signed books while Tim went through the crowd handing out goodies. It was great to see all the familiar faces.
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Schuler Books and Music, Grand Rapids MI
Last Event was in Schuler Books and Music in Grand Rapids. I'd told my publicist that the only way I would get myself behind the podium again after getting home would be if they had cake, and sure enough, they had cake!
And we had roadies too! Lots of familiar faces from previous signings from as far away as Chicago and Toledo.
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