So I show up to the signing super early, like two hours because I don't want to get stuck in traffic and be horribly late and miss the entire thing. I pretty much sit in Starbucks reading with my sister until Shalonda shows up. Once she gets there we walk over to The Little Shop of Stories because we only have about a half hour before the signing starts and we want to get good seats and Shalonda needed to buy a copy of Gone because she had trouble finding it at any bookstore. (Which is funny since I had the hardest time finding a copy of Wake; it seemed like everywhere I went they had Fade and Gone, but they were out of copies of Wake. Made me terribly angry.) Once she has her copy we just browse the YA section and catch up because we haven't seen each other for a couple of months now. She's been uber busy with her wedding planning!
After browsing for awhile one of the girls that works at the bookstore lets us know that everyone is upstairs already for the signing, so even though we showed up early we got seats in the back, which made it a little difficult for pictures. But I think I did well...and I got some video I know you guys will want to see!
Vania showed up just as I was running out of the store to grab the keys to the car from my parents because I forgot my books and the camera in it. She went inside and sat down while I ran like hell to the car. I was so afraid that I would miss something, but I didn't! I showed up just as Terra (as in Terra Elan McVoy, author of Pure and her upcoming book, After The Kiss) finished introducing her, great timing or what?!
So Lisa did a small reading from...her two unreleased books, The Unwanteds and Cryer's Cross! Even better? I got video of her reading from both of them! But I'll post those after I'm doing talking about the signing. After she read, she did a Q&A with the audience and people asked some really great questions. I wish I had taken video of the entire signing because it was so great! Lisa had everyone laughing incredibly hard during the whole thing.
Once she was done with the Q&A it was time for the signing! I was an huge nerd because I brought the top to one of the cardboard stands for Gone so that she could sign it, but I don't care because it looks rockin'. While she was signing my books, we talked a bit and I'm supposed to give all you bloggers a message from her:
When you go to a signing, tell the author who you are! They feel horrible when they find out you were there after the fact and they never knew because you never told them who you were. Capiche?
After we got our book signed, Shalonda had to leave because she had to get home to her new puppy! So she left but Tori, Vania, Shelli (author of Grace Under Fire and On the Brigh Side), and I went to eat out and just hang for the rest of the night.
So needless to say, I had loads of fun and if Lisa is stopping by your town anytime soon you should totally plan on going because you will have fun.
Oh, and I'm supposed to tell you guys, my readers, that Lisa says hi!
Time for pictures!
(Reading the very first part of Wake that she wrote.)
(Isn't her hair wonderful? It looks so soft and flippy!)
(The very first book that she wrote! It's an adorable little picture book)
(Signing a book)
And now the moment you've all been waiting for! The videos of Lisa McMann reading from her two unreleased books!
Reading from The Unwanteds
Reading from Cryer's Cross
Hope you enjoy the videos!
P.S. Sorry if the videos were a little shaky but my arms were getting tired!
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2 comments:
I was planning on going but then I had a stupid job interview and I didn't get to go :( Now I'm even more sad because she read from the unreleased books!!! :(
Hi, it's a very great blog.
I could tell how much efforts you've taken on it.
Keep doing!
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