Pub Party!

Had the big pub party for Thai Die last night. I was so nervous about it! Instead of at a bookstore, it was held at a bed and breakfast down in St. Peter, about sixty miles from Excelsior – and from Minneapolis, my home town. Several chapters of the book at set at that bed and breakfast, the March Hare. It was put together by the March Hare, which had not done a pub party before, and by The Tangled Skein, a yarn shop which also had not held one before. I had an uncomfortable feeling this could end up with me, the two owners of the shop, and the owner and chef of the B&B talking to the two people who came and trying to eat a whole lot of food.

Instead there was a really big turnout. People came from all over the area. They listened while I read excerpts from the book then went to watch Lisa and her mom take turns spinning angora yarn right off a huge angora bunny name Blanche (if you read the book, you’ll see why they were there). Even the bunny had a good time.

And I signed a whole lot of books.

Now I have it all to do again, in more traditional fashion, tomorrow night at Once Upon A Crime Mystery Bookstore, and also in Excelsior, and in White Bear Lake, and at Uncle Edgar’s Mystery Bookstore and so on and so on. But we’re off to a fantastic start.

Blackwork is essentially finished, just a few little tweaks to go.
And I’ve begun the serious plotting of Buttons and Bones. I realized about a week ago that while I had a pretty good idea for it, the plot was so thin it might make a better short story. I whined about that at a dinner with some friends and that set off a brainstorm session that quickly turned out a much more complicated plot. I am rich in good friends.

Life is sweet.