The big debut
Well, actually this is the book’s second public appearance, not the first, but tomorrow I get to present Runnerland to a room of booksellers and librarians at the Western Book Reps Assocation book fair breakfast (phew!).
Good news: Everyone who comes gets a free copy of the advance version of the book
Bad news: It’s at 7:30 in the morning!
There’s a line in the book (I’m paraphrasing) where Peter says - ruefully - that you can say what you like about panhandling, but - at least at the squat where he lives - it sures gets you up and going in the morning. I feel the same way about publishing…
Have to go iron the shirt for tomorrow now because if I leave it for morning I’m liable to burn my tongue or some other body part on it; I shouldn’t be allowed to operate complicated machinery like an iron before noon.
Watched the new Miami Vice on the ferry on the way over this morning. What a weird, nonsensical movie. Exciting, but weird. And Moby on the soundtrack?! Better than Jan Hammer, I guess, but not by much!
Ack! The iron’s smoking!
