Touring

My Number One Fan

9/7/2007

At the AJC-Decatur Book Festival with my friend George Murphy, who calls himself my own personal stalker. I first met him and his wife at Much Ado About Books in Jacksonville, Florida last year. He has first editions of all the books, and all the ARCs as well! … Read more

Home at Last

9/3/2007

Dateline -- Atlanta Airport, September 2Sunday. Cherokee, North Carolina. The last stop on the Power Tour before I get to go home.After driving for three hours and getting a speeding ticket in rural North Carolina, I was hoping it would be worth it. … Read more

Speed Trap

9/2/2007

Dateline -- Cherokee, NC, September 2Bad weather in Atlanta (or so they say) kept me and my fellow Delta passengers sitting for three hours in a plane on the tarmac waiting to take off. Arrived in Atlanta late, crashed, and was awakened by the phone ringing. A live radio interview: a major show in Louisville, Kentucky. They put me on hold for a few seconds, just enough time for me to race to the honor bar in my hotel room, grab a Diet Coke, and chug it. Enough caffeine to kick-start my brain, but the carbonation wasn’t good for my delivery. . . … Read more

In Praise of Independent Booksellers

9/2/2007

Dateline -- Kansas City, August 30 … Read more

Good News in Kansas City

9/2/2007

Dateline -- Kansas City, August 29Kansas City.Another city I’ve never visited before. My escort, Dick Brown, took me to have some K. C. barbecue for lunch, and on the way to the restaurant, my cell phone rang.It’s my editor, Keith Kahla. He rarely calls — we have an almost exclusively e-mail relationship. “Why do you think I’d be calling you on your cell phone while you’re on book tour on a Wednesday afternoon?” he began. … Read more

And one more from Rainy Day...

9/1/2007

With Vivien Jennings at Rainy Day Books. … Read more

Let's hear it for the independents!

9/1/2007

Rainy Day Books, Fairway, KS -- no fairweather friend. … Read more

The Innocent Man

9/1/2007

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Rainy Day Friends

9/1/2007

With Vivien Jennings and Roger Doeren of Rainy Day Books, at Harrah's in North Kansas City. … Read more

A Near-Death Experience

8/31/2007

Dateline -- Denver Airport, August 29I’m going to try not to complain about that stupid little one-quart Zip-Loc bag that TSA, the airport security people, make you jam all your liquids and aerosols and gels into. (Note to self: ask around to find out many terrorist acts this ridiculous rule has stopped.) But bear in mind that all of the post-9/11 security regulations were put into place by a presidential administration that also brought us Katrina recovery and, frankly, 9/11 — but that’s another subject. . . … Read more