Care and Feeding of. . .Authors!

Today Bryan Davis called my place of work to check in and say hullo and make sure that we were in the loop, very nice thing to do, and the manager was delighted to talk with him a bit. The call just added to the fire and enthusiasm that is going around.

We are talking about where we are going to put the authors, how to set up and tear down within the allotted time, and also what we are going to feed them. It is going to be wretchedly hot the week that they are here, somewhere in the mid 90's and muggy to boot. So we will have water, and tea, and maybe even lemonade, and some sort of food. Everything from pizza to cheese and veggie plates have been suggested, it all depends on if they have had time to eat, what they would like, and how many people beside the authors are going to be traveling with them. The staff is looking foreword to eats too as it's nice to have a treat when extra work is being done and at this point I would say that everyone has earned a treat. It's gotten to be like Christmas, there's been so much preparation and planning, and a couple of surprises too for fans and authors alike, I'm sure after it's all over there's going to be a let-down. I'm seriously thinking of driving to their next signing destination too and saying 'hullo' there because I am starting to get the feeling that I'm not going to have time to enjoy this one or really even talk much to them. We'll see. It would be nice to be that busy!