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I was doing a book signing at a local Barnes and Noble. My book is a YA-Fantasy, so as a courtesy I brought a bowl of candy for the youngsters who visited me. Well, that particular day there was a homeless guy who kept coming in and out of the store. Every few minutes this guy would come up to my table, make idle conversation about my book and being an author and then take a handful of candy. He practically cleaned me out. Nice huh?
Michael BialysThe Chronicles of the Virago: Book 1 The Novus
Guess you can feel good about filling a poor man's stomach. That's exactly the type of story we're looking for! Thanks for sharing!
IllLiterati
http://illliterati.wordpress.com/
One of my stories-I had arranged for a book signing in a public library in a nearby city. It happened to be the day of the youth soccer tournament, which the librarian was attending. She had left no instructions and could not be reached. The girl who was supposed to help me stuck me in a conference room downstairs. Worse, there were notes all over the stairway wall forbidding people to go downstairs because it was reserved for conferences. I was left with a lot of pastries since no-one showed up. However, I sold one book to a library volunteer, which I counted as a degree of success considering the circumstances.
The lesson? Be clear on the details and get it in writing.
Phyllis K Twombly
www.ScifiAliens.com
to ILLLITERATI: CRAZY PEOPLE IN BOOKS
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Dear Librarians, Booksellers, and Writers,
You know ‘em.
The man who shows up at your book signing with no intention of buying your book but to tell you in agonizing detail about how he’s always wanted to write a book about his pet poodles …
The so-smelly-she-makes-your-eyes-water woman with one massive (unintentional) dreadlock who manages to repel all other patrons so that she’s the only one traipsing through the library.
The Soccer Mom with the sweetest smile who nearly rips your eyes out of their sockets when you inform her that you are sorry but you’re out of stock of the third book in the Twilight series.
If you’ve worked at a library or as a bookseller or if you’ve sat behind the table at a book signing, you’re bound to have some stories about crazies of your own (or just the occasional crazy actions of otherwise normal humans), and we want to collect them!
We’re calling for submissions of any length, style or format regarding the crazy people you have encountered while in a place of books. These submissions will be put together in a collection titled IllLiterati: Crazy People In Books.
You are invited to complain, tell a tear-jerker, recall instances, craft a poem, show it in graphic form, write a full-fledged story. Perhaps a list of crazies’ quotes, a rant, a tribute, an essay … You might even draw a picture of one of the people you’ve encountered.