Friday morning, to be specific. It's been months since I've made a pilgrimage to the homeland--with its barbecue and jazz and terrible baseball ownership--and I'm really excited. This is the first time I'll be in Kansas City as a novelist. I hope airport security is good; I hate it when I'm swarmed by autograph-seeking book lovers before I can get to my limo.
Awwww, for me? You shouldn't have.
Here's what the schedule looks like:
1) On Friday afternoon I'll be speaking to students at my old high school. I have a long talk composed about how to avoid poverty by not pursuing a writing career.
2) On Saturday I'll be at the Kansas City Literary Festival, which runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. I'll be seated at the Missouri Center for the Book's table, signing, chatting and looking author-ish. You can buy a copy for signing (and reading!) at the Rainy Day Books tent or at Barnes and Noble.
3) On Monday I'll be at the Borders in Lawrence at 7 p.m. for a book-signing. As I mentioned before, you can't get Boulevard products in Chicago, so there's a strong chance I will wind up at a local watering hole. But not drinking water.
Hope to see you, whoever you are, someplace in Kansas City. Except at the high school. That would be weird.
4 comments:
Aww man. I've only been in KC for 3 days in the past 2 years. No that you bring it up, I want bbq and boulevard...and to wreak havoc with the great Dr. Doyle. Damn.
Have a good trip man!
Aww man. I've only been in KC for 3 days in the past 2 years. No that you bring it up, I want bbq and boulevard...and to wreak havoc with the great Dr. Doyle. Damn.
Have a good trip man!
GERRY! OK, first off, the Internet does not hate you. Maybe it just dislikes you in a disgusted, condescending way -- kind of like one of our former editors. I shudder at the thought.
Second, how was Kansas?
Now, about my identity -- sorry to leave you wondering for so long. Here are some clues to help you guess:
I haven't seen you or talked to you in, oh, 9 years. (Holy crap! I'm old!)
I'm female.
I left "The Biz" about 3 years ago.
Oh...those clues are totally not going to help you guess. I'm enjoying this little game. I'll be back later with more. In the meantime, got any guesses? Surely, you have a stat counter of some sort on the site and you can track my IP address.
Signed,
An old friend/
fellow Kansan newsie/
Red Lyon comrade
my expert investigative skills only tell me that I have no idea what's in roxbury, kan.
I'll work on it.
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