My late father used to ask me why I go on book tours. “Do you really sell enough books to make it worth all that wear and tear on your body?” he would inquire, a father’s remarkable love leading him to believe that: I sell way more books than I do and, thus, don’t need […]
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Rock-and-roll t-shirts? Check. T-shirt cannon? Check. Old family photos? Check. Nine days from today it begins: “The Sandcastle Girls” Lucky ’13 Paperback Book Tour. 13 stops in 13 days in 2013. Please join me! April 14 Fresno, California College State University, Fresno Armenian Studies Program Leon and Pete Peters Educational Center Auditorium (In student rec […]
Last Saturday night I returned home to Lincoln, Vermont after a three-week book tour, and I learned something important: Never take the Burlington International Airport and everyone who works there for granted, even if the airport sometimes feels like a parking garage in search of a Cinnabon. Make no mistake: I like our airport. I’m […]
So, the first week of the three-week tour is behind me. I have had the pleasure of meeting nearly 1,200 of you at eight events in three time zones. And, yes, it has been a delight, even when: • I was the only sign of life at the Detroit airport at 2:28 on Friday morning. […]
