THINGS I LEARN ON BOOK TOUR

Here's a brief rundown of things I've learned so far on my tour for The Moonlit Earth.



1. Little Rock is a great town.

2. The Capitol Hotel in Little Rock has the best chicken friend steak in this solar system.

3. If you're going to be stuck on a small commuter jet that has no AC make sure you're sitting next to fierce performance artist (and memoirst) Stacey Ann Chin.

4. Morning shows sometimes ask serious, substantive questions. Don't go in prepared to field a bunch of light questions about your mother. They might actually ask you where your characters come from.

5. There is no looking perfectly pressed on a book tour. Leave anything that needs to be ironed at home. (But bring one snazzy jacket to hide the pit stains that will be your constant companions.)

6. Come up with some quick, witty dismissals to the scads of questions you will receive about the imminent collapse of publishing.

7. Do not, under any circumstances, walk into an independent bookstore and do your reading from the Kindle version of your novel.



More to come...


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