Saturday was Local Books Alive 2011 at the Bay County Public Library. Here are some pictures:
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| David A, & Cash Money |
My friend and former News Herald colleague David Angier bought the first-ever trade paperback of my novel,
The Book of Gabriel. I told him I wanted a photo of the first buyer, and he said it was more important to get a photo of that first money.
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| Michael Lister & Nick May |
A total of 23 area writers showed up to play along (24 were scheduled). I sold both copies of the hardback version of
Gabriel that I had on hand, three of the trade, two of my column collection (
Dazed and Raving in the Undercurrents), one of the City Limits anthologies I edited, and three of my
Best of Days collection. A pretty good response for two hours of sale time.
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| Mark Boss |
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| Lee Baker |
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| Dax and Jim Dodge |
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| Mom and Me |
Some names (you might recognize from this blog) that were there included authors Mark Boss, Lee Baker, Nick May, Michael Lister, Dax and Jim Dodge, Olivia Cooley (deBelle Byrd), Jeannie Cooper, Pat Douglas, Michael Brim (Goldcraft), Karon Phillips, Marlene Womack, and several others.
I had a visit from my mom, my daughter, and Donna Williams, whose daughter Marisa was the inspiration for a character in
Gabriel. We also visited with Kayla, who appears in a sequence of the trailer for
Gabriel being edited now by my friend Lou.
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| Me and Donna Williams |
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| Pat Douglas, right, and wife. |
It was a good day, beginning with presentations by Karon, Michael Brim and Olivia. I managed to give away a bunch of
PanamaCity.com stickers and copies of our new tab insert that replaces The Entertainer in the News Herald now. Met some new readers and spread my brain worms into unsuspecting victims. One young woman really wanted a copy of
The Best of Days, but her partner wanted
Gabriel (and she had the funds); when her partner bought Gabriel, she went ahead and bought
Best of Days, saying this was rent money she was spending.
I signed the book, "Thanks for the rent money." It seemed appropriate.
Peace.
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