When I
attended the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books in April, I had a great
conversation with one of the fun people from Mysterious Galaxy, a bookstore in San Diego that
features--what else?--mysteries and sci-fi.
They also have a facility in Redondo
Beach from which they put together book events.
I learned
that the Mysterious Galaxy Birthday Bash was on the same weekend my second
Barkery & Biscuits Mystery, TO CATCH A TREAT, was officially to become available
as a release from Midnight Ink. I was
invited to do a launch event at the Birthday Bash, that Saturday, and of course
I accepted!
Only
problem is that I live in L.A. ,
and a drive to San Diego can be horrible, thanks to traffic. I was scheduled to be featured at the
earliest time of the bash, 10-11 AM, along with other mystery writers. Other genres were to be featured mostly in
hour increments for the rest of the day.
On a
weekend, 10 AM arrival shouldn't be too bad, shouldn't being the operative word.
My husband and I left home at
6:30 AM for what should be a little more than a two hour drive--this time should being the operative word.
And in
fact, when we started out on the freeway route down there traffic was
great! We stopped for a quick fast-food
breakfast and resumed our drive. That
was when a friend who knew what we were up to texted that there was a Sigalert
ahead of us.
For those
who don't know, a Sigalert means a major traffic jam, often resulting from an
accident. That was what happened
here. And there's no good way to reach San Diego by car from L.A. except the 5 Freeway.
As a
result, we were delayed. I reached
Mysterious Galaxy twenty minutes into my scheduled panel time. I called first to warn them, at least. Everyone was sweet and gracious, and I did
get forty minutes or so to talk to the audience with my fellow panelists about
our stories. Later, I got to sign
books.
In all, I
loved it! I thank Mysterious Galaxy for
inviting me and for showing me such a good time. Oh, and by the way, since my Barkery &
Biscuits series is partly about a barkery, I brought some dog treats to pass
out to other dog lovers for their pups.
We then met
a friend for lunch and headed home.
Traffic? Of course. But this time it was expected. And I did get back in time to pop in at
another launch party, this time given in L.A.
by Nadine Nettmann for her new book DECANTING A MURDER in her brand new
Sommelier Mystery series, also published by Midnight Ink.
In all, it
was an enjoyable weekend, and TO CATCH A TREAT is now officially
available. Did I enjoy the traffic? Absolutely not!
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