Apr192010

SF in SF with Blake Charlton

Saturday night Blake and I trundled ourselves into San Francisco for the The SF in SF experience. No photographs have surfaced yet, and I forgot to pass out my camera, so I will instead detail what I wore. That’s the most exciting part of any evening out, anyway. Isn’t it?



So we arrived and schmoozed about for a little while. I was snatched away to be interviewed by Rick Kleffel of The Agony Column. After some rapid-fire questions (all I remember is that I was trying hard not to “um”) we sat down at a table with microphones and the little theater filled up.

The host, Terry Bisson, introduce Blake and he did his reading. Then I did mine. After that we broke for a few minutes to consume nibbles (strawberries!) and Blake got kidnapped by Rick for an interview. Then we sat back down and Terry interviewed the two of us and opened it up to the audience. He was hilarious and Blake and I nit-picked-each other. It was a lot of fun.

There were signings and photo ops afterward. I must say I was favorably impressed with some enormously cute dresses and fantastic shoes wore by attendees! I know some of this was on my behalf and I must say I appreciated it immensely.

All in all everything went according to plan. People laughed when they were supposed to laugh, my mother criticized my British accent, and my best friend made me pose for an art piece she’s working on in front of a painting of a bug carrying the accessories of a New Kingdom Egyptian pharaoh ~ crook, flail, ankh. (You kind of had to be there.)

Rick intends to drop a podcast recording of my interview, Blake’s interview, the readings, and the Q&A session. I’ll keep an eye on his feed and let you know with the links when they go live.

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  1. Jessica Kennedy said:

    The pin is dear!

    I finished Changeless this afternoon. Brilliantly written. I took my time reading it, letting myself enjoy it as much as possible. Love Alexia's world. Wish I could live there for a while.

    Formal review will be posted soon. Not sure when, I have a stack of books that require written reviews. Blah.

    I've preordered Blameless. Can't wait to see how it all unfolds.

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