A Personal Appearance
I’m gettingexcited! For the first time in a lo-o-ng time, MoonPhaze is sending both of itsauthors to make an appearance together. That’s me and my husband, John LarsShoberg. Both of us. At the same event. Namely, Necronomicon in Tampa FL.
We weresupposed to go together to Gainesville in January, to sell our books at abookfair that’s held there annually. Unfortunately, John’s health at that timewas pretty poor, and I went without him. It wasn’t the same at all. He’s theone who can talk to just about anyone, on a large variety of subjects, so Iusually rely on him to help break the ice with potential customers. I tried toengage people in conversation, but I’m just not as good at it as he is. I wascompletely drained by the end of the day.
This time, hishealth still isn’t very good, but he’s going with me. It will be up to me tosell the books, while he will wander around, attending panels and making newfriends. We are on 2 panels together: “How I Do My Job (Writing)” and “WhatInspired Me to Do This Job (Writing)”. They were the suggestions I made whenthe person doing the panel scheduling told me he had been informed that it wasnot acceptable to have authors who are not The Guest of Honor do readings. That’sso different from Mid-West cons. So that’s what I came up with off the top of myhead. And the scheduler said, “Great! Let’s do them both!”
If you come toNecronomicon this weekend (Sept 22-24, 2023), look for the MoonPhaze table. Iwill be manning that. And watch for John among the other attendees. We’d bothlove to talk to you. Feel free to browse through our books, and I won’t be averseto sell you some. Or if you prefer e-books, I have a bunch of coupons I’d liketo hand out this weekend. You can get the ebooks for 50% off or for free, andnot have to carry books around with you all weekend. And we don’t charge forautographs, if you want one of those!
Yes, I’mgetting excited. Which is different than being nervous. Nervous is me at atable, trying to sell books or at least talk to people about books. You’d thinkI’d get used to it and not get so nervous anymore. Here’s hoping thenervousness isn’t as bad this time.
