Now taking suggestions

So – first of all, I am totally not dead yet. I am in California, which is much nicer than being dead; and I will be here through tomorrow evening, hanging around the office and being productive – thus my lack of posting, for which I do apologize.

But I'm posting now! Actually, I am posting now to ask for a bit of assistance from you, the internet.

It's like this: My publicist at Tor has broached the possibility of a book tour for Ganymede – which comes out in September. I, for one, am happy to travel around signing books and trying to convince people to buy them, so I am pretty keen on this idea. This having been said, I'm not in a position to handle the sheer density of travel I've managed for the last 2 years – not least of all because of the aforementioned California job, and because my husband has nearly forgotten what I look like.

Therefore, this will have to remain somewhat low-key. It will not be a twenty-stop parade of cities. And in short, I am taking suggestions.

If you would like to suggest a stop on the Clockwork Century's Rockin' Steampunk Extravaganza*, I would like to hear from you – but first, a couple of notes:

The best possible method of getting me to visit: Have someone from your favorite bookstore drop me an email via – cherie.priest@gmail.com – at which point I'll put that someone in touch with my publicist and we'll see what we can work out.

I try to prioritize independent neighborhood stores above chains, but if there is no such store present or available … then I'm happy to work with the bigger guys. Many fine, upstanding, book-loving and author-supporting people work at the chains, and I salute every last one of them. I just prefer to support the locals when possible.

Alas, please limit suggestions to the continental USA.



Although all suggestions will be considered, budgets are limited and the space-time continuum prevents me from being everywhere at once. Priority will be given to regions I have not yet visited, but that's not to say I won't be happy to come hang at old stomping grounds.

My only major request of the moment – I would very much like to do an event in New Orleans, as that's where Ganymede is primarily set;* so if you have bookstore connections down in the Big Easy and you'd like to either (a). make a recommendation, or (b). preferably have someone who works at your recommended venue drop me a note, I would be forever grateful.

And…that's pretty much it. Hit me with your ideas! Comment or email, and I'll start forwarding things along to the appropriate authorities. But for now, lunchtime is almost over and I have to get back to work.

Thanks for reading!

* God, that's awful. I'll have to think of something better before the book actually launches.

** I did my first Boneshaker events in Seattle; I did a big Richmond event for Dreadnought; and it only seems fitting to hit up Louisiana while I'm on a roll.

[Crossposted from my website. If you'd like to comment, you can do so either here or there.]