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Bret Anthony Johnston, the author of the internationally acclaimed Corpus Christi: Stories and the editor of Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer, writes about the three things that happen on book tours.
August 4, 2008:
Three Things That Happen on Book Tours
When I was invited to participate in the Powell's blog, I immediately and enthusiastically accepted because I love Powell's. (Last time I was there, I bought so many books I had to pay extra at the airline ticket counter because my luggage was pregnant with used hardbacks and, according to the FAA, about 20 pounds too heavy.) Problem is, now that I'm due to start my blog entry, I realize I have no idea what a blog entry, you know, is.
So, because I'm on this book tour for Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer, and because I've been announcing this blog entry at various readings, I'm going to give you an overview of three things that happen on book tours.
People give you things:
- Book they've written or loved.
- Clippings of your reviews from the local newspaper, regardless of whether the reviews are in any way "positive" or "kind." Sometimes the reviews are "laminated."
- Rocks. (For no known reason, two people have given me rocks at readings.)
- Drawings. Most of which seem to have been rendered during your reading out of sheer boredom....
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It hadn't occurred to Lisa until Fup ran into the woods that maybe she was done with them. Done with Portland and her life at the store. Then Bear raced off behind Fup. At least that made sense. So maybe it wasn't Lisa or the store Fup was fleeing; maybe Fup was done with Bear.
Lisa shouted into the woods. "Fup, honey!"
Inside the shed several backyards over, Fup picked up Lisa's country holler. Time promptly stopped. The earth shifted.
"Oh, Fup!" Lisa crooned again. Fup surveyed the shed's innards: work clothes and yard tools, and Kit huddled in the corner among rakes and shovels, offering no help at all. The surroundings did little to convince Fup that she wasn't home in the North Park Blocks.
"Fup!" In the North Park Blocks, yes, making the rounds, from the Chinese elephant to the basketball courts and back. Now Lisa shouted for Bear.
Fup stopped thinking. She reared back and exploded from her crouch, hissing like she hadn't since, maybe, ever. The Doberman was caught flat-footed. He stumbled. Somewhere Fup found another hiss within her and the dog lurched back in retreat.
No thinking, no thinking — run! Fup made for the opening, posthaste. She was 20 feet past Bandit and Bear before she realized she'd slalomed them on the path.
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