DAY 21/ROAD TRIPPING AGAIN

BOOK CLUB CAR TRIP from Susan Gregg Gilmore on Vimeo.

I haven’t been out on the road much lately.  Remember, my butt’s been in the chair.  But today I drove up to Clarksville, TN, to speak to a book club.  Got me thinking about book tour 2010.  It’s about eight months away, but I’m already starting to plot it all out.  It’s like working a jigsaw puzzle — a maddening, complicated jigsaw puzzle.

For the most part, publishing houses don’t send their authors out on the road, well, not mid-list authors like myself. But I think it’s absolutely critical for a writer to get to know the people selling and reading your book.  That’s why I traveled 18,000 miles in total with Dairy Queen and can tell you with great accuracy the very best trucks stops on I-81.

An atlas, calendar and #2 pencil are waiting for me on my desk. Here I go again.

ps – next time I am definitely wearing more make-up!

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