Page and Blackmores book shop window display the week of the launch.
Well finally… we have lift off! The date of consequence for the last 6 months, the day in the far distant future suggested by my publicist back in October last year, the day that has haunted my thoughts and controlled my actions, that day “after the holidays and before Easter and Mothers Day, March 1st, 2017”, that day has now come… and thankfully gone!
By the beginning of last week, the week that contained the dreaded 1st March, I appeared to be the only person completely unexcited by this upcoming momentous launch. “Oh how EXCITING!” people exclaimed.
Exciting? I thought. Exciting! No Way! What if no one turns up? I’ve never even been to Fairfield House, the place suggested by the bookstore. I’m not sure many of the people who came to my local launch at the Motueka Library for Nesting on the Nushagak, would even bother to make that trek into the centre of Nelson city on a hot mid week night at 5:30 pm. They would have to fight against traffic, tiredness and the prospect of parting with money, and not even able to have a glass of wine if they were driving.
By the beginning of last week, the week that contained the dreaded 1st March, I appeared to be the only person completely unexcited by this upcoming momentous launch. “Oh how EXCITING!” people exclaimed.
Exciting? I thought. Exciting! No Way! What if no one turns up? I’ve never even been to Fairfield House, the place suggested by the bookstore. I’m not sure many of the people who came to my local launch at the Motueka Library for Nesting on the Nushagak, would even bother to make that trek into the centre of Nelson city on a hot mid week night at 5:30 pm. They would have to fight against traffic, tiredness and the prospect of parting with money, and not even able to have a glass of wine if they were driving.
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But come they did… and by the time yours truly was ready to face the fans (figuratively and literally)… the room was full, food and drinks served, including non alcoholic punch, and the night proved a great success. Whew! I was reminded of a quote from a nonagenarian who said the one piece of advice she would give others to enjoy life was (ladies), “Brush your hair, put on your lipstick and GO!”
So now what? Well heaps to do as usual. I have had orders, emails and talk requests, so before the dust settles I want to first mail out some books to my special Yup’ik and Cup’ik friends.
Cecilia, the skilled elder from Chevak, made me those mukluks that were displayed in the shop window. Her daughter who had seen the pic on the internet commented, “Hmm, I saw that and wondered if my mom made those… Hahaha, she'll surely be pleased to see this! ” Isn’t it a small world?
So now what? Well heaps to do as usual. I have had orders, emails and talk requests, so before the dust settles I want to first mail out some books to my special Yup’ik and Cup’ik friends.
Cecilia, the skilled elder from Chevak, made me those mukluks that were displayed in the shop window. Her daughter who had seen the pic on the internet commented, “Hmm, I saw that and wondered if my mom made those… Hahaha, she'll surely be pleased to see this! ” Isn’t it a small world?
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