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The Waiting Game
Friday, November 11, 2005
It's been a hectic couple of weeks, but I'm back in town and (I hope) I'm going to more or less stay in town between now and the holidays. I have several signings lined up around the Philadelphia metro area (for my upcoming events: http://www.harpercollins.com/authorevents.asp?ACT=AuthorEvents&EAuthorID=29441 ), but no more travel. Book tour travel gets old pretty fast. I love the part that involves meeting readers, telling them about my book, reading an excerpt, answering questions and signing copies. That's the fun part. And it lasts 90 minutes. It's the other 22.5 hours of the day that are the problem. Being on book tour is basically mostly about waiting. Waiting at airports, waiting in hotels, waiting for cabs, waiting for appointments. And I'm not much for waiting.
But while I was on the road I did manage to make the most of it. I ate good Indian food and walked on the beach in Fort Lauderdale (before the hurricane made things really interesting), visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, hoofed around Pittsburgh, visited old friends in several cities, hung out with the escorts (it's not nearly as racy as it sounds) hired to show me around town and get me to my events. And in my hotel room, I tried to write, but found myself far too distracted for that. So I checked e-mail, obsessed over my hourly ratings on amazon and bn.com, and did what authors on book tours mostly do...waited.
posted by John Grogan at 7:53 PM
 
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