Northern Lights
Posted on Sep 03, 2009 under Juliet Archer's Diary |Just had my longest book tour to date - 7 signings in 9 days! I had 5 in the North West and 2 in the North East and it was all great fun. However, this pales into insignificance beside Paul Henke (www.henke.co.uk), who does a 2-month marathon tour of all Borders stores every year!
I met Paul at Borders Gateshead where we did signings on the same day. He writes political thrillers and action sagas, so we weren’t competing directly. It was good to chat to someone who’s done so many book signing events and had 10 novels published. He’s also a former bomb disposal expert - you never know when that may come in handy!
As usual I met lots of lovely people, including a fellow C19-er and writer I’d previously only ‘met’ by email and - by sheer chance - a family friend I hadn’t seen for twenty odd years. And I now know that The Importance of Being Emma is being enjoyed by a dog, Megs, and three cats, Mebs, Poi and Toots, in Liverpool - at least that’s who I was asked to include when signing in Waterstone’s!
Finally, a special mention to Heather and her team at Boots, next to Borders Cheshire Oaks, who came to my rescue when I found my trademark pink balloons somewhat deflated. They provided some from their No.7 display and these lasted me through all 7 signings.
