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Oct. 5, 2008
So I almost got my head shaved yesterday...
But that comes later. First I have to chatter a little. :-) Yesterday was amazing! Side note to everyone I will be seeing at Church today: Chances are good that I will be repeating all of this to you in person. Therefore, you might want to go find something else to do so you won't get bored when I start dumping the story-telling on you later.
First, we drove all the way up to a dear friend's house so she and I could talk about my novel. She's editing it for me (For free. She usually charges $1,200 for that kind of job via Winepress Publishing). There are lots of thing that need to be changed, but she says it has potential. Cool! And the blood-spattered pages weren't too painful. It was actually really fun.
Then Mom, Mrs. Marlow, her son, and I went to a book signing. There were 10 fantasy authors there, and I actually ended up buying seven new books. Two of them did dramatic readings from their books. The first one stood there at the railing and read... Then Wayne Thomas Batson was up. He's an amazing actor. He came prowling through the little crowd with this huge green cape billowing around him, acting out both the part of the boy and the dragon. You could see how much he loved the story! I had to buy his books after that. It was just... wow. He signed them to "Lady Jennifer the Pure," "Lady Jennifer the Strong," and "Lady Jennifer the Wise."
I asked LB Graham lots of questions about his books, writing in general, and the ending of book 1 (which apparently got TONS of people mad at him). He was really nice. I didn't have any of his books yet, but all my friends sent theirs with me. I came in lugging this big box of books and getting stares from everyone as he just kept pulling out book after book... :-P It was great. I did buy his whole set. Correction: MOM bought the set and gave them to me. I thought we had agreed that I was pitching in $50. Afterward, she wouldn't take the money, saying that she had gotten them for me, not with me. My mommy is awesome! :-D
And then the sword fight... Christopher Hopper and Wayne Thomas Batson did a demonstration of how swords sound when they're clanging together. So Mr. Hopper (whose head is shaved) declared that this was his kingdom and everyone who entered had to have their heads shaved. Mr. Batson happens to like his longish hair. So they decided the settle this argument by fighting a duel. *grin* So that went on for a few minutes. Then they said maybe they should settle it by taking someone out of the audience and shaving them.
When I was looking at Mr. Hopper's books just after that, he said that I would have been their first choice for the head-shaving! :-P (for the record, I have waist length hair)
We got back around 11 to find that my brothers had invited three of their friends over to spend the night. So I jabbered about my day to the visitors. They'll actually listen to me. My brothers said, "Ugh. It's like a Wizard Convention only with authors instead of geeks." and walked away.
And that was the end of the day! :-) Yay!
I must also mention Ryan, Mrs. Marlow's youngest son. I hadn't seen Ryan since he was, um... 10-ish? Now he's taller than me! And his voice got so deep! And... and... That just ain't right. People are growing up on me. While we were at the bookstore, all the little girlies were hanging around him, ooh-ing and aah-ing over the sword he brought along ('kay, not just the sword). I stood off to the side and laaaaughed... "You look sorta like Eragon," one girl told him, and if she'd fallen over in a dead faint, I would not have been surprised. Hehehe! But of course, the sweet little Punmaster didn't tease him at all about it... *innocent gaze at ceiling*
I wonder if he'll ever speak to me again... |
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