tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post116026165737632278..comments2024-03-25T01:39:10.406-06:00Comments on Mysterious Musings: A Bedtime Tale: The Sad Little BooksigningJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-1160526362365460382006-10-10T18:26:00.000-06:002006-10-10T18:26:00.000-06:00If the publicist says it... My friend told me abo...If the publicist says it... My friend told me about it after her first or second book tour. Probably her publicist told her, and it's the preferred hangover remedy for discouraged authors.<BR/><BR/>I can't take credit for schadenfreude as it was part of the book's blurb, dangit. But sugary crapsicles? That delicate eloquence is all mine. I'd love to see a copy of the pic. E-mail: henway00 (that's zero zero)-AT- yahoo/dot/comRusty Hingehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07034983092324349646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-1160512332822753162006-10-10T14:32:00.000-06:002006-10-10T14:32:00.000-06:00Wow! That's some good writing. :)And my publicist...Wow! That's some good writing. :)<BR/>And my publicist just recommended Mortification, as well, so now I have to look for it, since you have seconded his motion.<BR/><BR/>You are right in that I should just be happy to be published. And kudos to you for using the words "schadenfreude" and "sugary crapsicles," both of which I love.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I still have more B-con photos, including a nice one of you and Julie Hyzy. Send me your e-mail and I'll pass it on! I'm sure I'll use it eventually, but you might like it.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-1160510275623742582006-10-10T13:57:00.000-06:002006-10-10T13:57:00.000-06:00I've been loving your Bouchercon coverage, and I c...I've been loving your Bouchercon coverage, and I can't stand to read you morose. (I'm Caroline's tall red-haired roomie from the reigstration nook). Being one of the great unpublished, I can't completely relate, but as a former sales human, I absolutely do. <BR/><BR/>One of my published friends recommended to me the following comfort of hilarious and horrible tales. Robin Robertson's MORTIFICATION: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame includes seventy true stories "of public indignity by some of our finest living writers -- this is a celebration of defeat, and a chance to indulge in that most malicious of pleasures: schadenfreude. You will read about dashed hopes and collapsing bowels, thwarted desire and unimpeded drinking; of fans queuing up for Stephen King's blood; Margaret Drabble bidding at a mock slave auction in Dallas; Louis de Bernières and the S&M prostitute; A. L. Kennedy's disintegrating trousers; William Boyd endorsing Shake 'n' Vac; Margaret Atwood's on-air brush with the Colostomy Association; about an author wanting to kill a member of her audience or another succeeding (accidentally) in killing his host's beloved pet." <BR/><BR/>Typically perverse of me to think another evil book is the prescription for a disappointing day with your own at the bookstore. However, it was the first thing that occurred to me besides saying there-there and could-be-worse and buck-up and all those platitudes about hanging in for your book's undoubtedly great days to come which sound like sugary crapsicles no matter how I believe in them and you.Rusty Hingehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07034983092324349646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-1160355289295231342006-10-08T18:54:00.000-06:002006-10-08T18:54:00.000-06:00Well, I'm glad to hear that, Anne, because I've me...Well, I'm glad to hear that, Anne, because I've met some writers who do it and probably do it well, but I just can't get into that mode. Maybe we can do non-signings together. :)Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-1160351350155610662006-10-08T17:49:00.000-06:002006-10-08T17:49:00.000-06:00yep, happens all the time. i've gotten so i avoid...yep, happens all the time. i've gotten so i avoid doing signings if there is no in-store excitment. i refuse to hand sell my own book. can't do it. doesn't work for me. booksellers have to 1) be excited about your book 2) create a buzz within the store and get their customers excited. otherwise it's a flop. some stores simply post (obscurely) that you will be there, then wonder why nobody came. this hands-off method only works for brand names, and not always for them.anne frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044828332429421657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-1160316733466038662006-10-08T08:12:00.000-06:002006-10-08T08:12:00.000-06:00Thanks, Deb. Misery loves company. :)Thanks, Deb. Misery loves company. :)Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-1160311543796382012006-10-08T06:45:00.000-06:002006-10-08T06:45:00.000-06:00Julia, we've all been there! When I went on book t...Julia, we've all been there! When I went on book tour, I felt so bad (for the bookseller and myself)that I wasn't selling more books until one of them explained that most of my books were sold before I arrived and they would sell well for a few weeks afterwards. That's how it always goes, according to them. Try the independents. They rock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com