I am totally into “chick lit” and my sister recommended a book to me. I had the wild idea to send an email to the author and see if she wanted to meet for coffee while she was in town for a book signing. Below is my email to her…I’ll keep you posted.
Dear Jen,
My sister called me out of the blue and was so excited to tell me about the book she was reading. The fact that she called me wasn’t odd, in and of itself, but the fact that she was excited about a book that didn’t say “condensed version” or wasn’t colored glaringly yellow and black [AKA Cliff’s Notes], was indeed odd. She admittedly never read a book that she wasn’t forced to, by some tortuous History teacher who just knew she would be better off if she read about how people lived in 1842 or by an English professor who was convinced that her journalism degree would mean nothing if she didn’t actually finish reading at least one book. So, she calls me and goes on and on about some girl who would have me rolling on the floor, laughing out loud and quite possibly wetting my pants. [After giving birth to 3 children wetting your pants becomes more common than one might think]. Of course I am intrigued by the good time she is having and I must have some of this chick lit crack for myself. Several days later I have in my possession a book entitled “Bitter is the New Black”. The title itself brought a smile to my face and I knew that this was a book I would read and enjoy. Well, needless to say I am half way through the 2nd book [BLBA] and am loving every minute of it. I found myself at the tire store today, looking to get some tread returned to my wheels [balding on a man’s head is one thing---but not so cute when you find yourself putting out a 911 to God in the middle of a hail storm in the month of APRIL because you are unable to drive up a hill to get your daughter to swim practice]. So I’m at the tire store and once I’m settled into my seat [with the smell of stale popcorn and rubber tires to set the mood] I escape into my BLBA world and an hour and a half flies by more quickly than I could have imagined. I’m certain the cowboy in the corner was wondering why I seemed to murmur to myself as I mouthed the words in the book. And on more than one occasion I laughed so loud I shocked some of the customers out of their tire trance.
So I am telling you all this to say that not only am I excited that you got my sister to read a book, but I am looking forward to you coming to Seattle. I know your book signing schedule is crazy-busy, hopping from city to city, day after day…but I am free for coffee [my treat] if you would like to grab a cup, in the coffee capital of the nation.
If you are a multi-tasking fool [like me] we could make it a PR event too and get channel 5 news to cover the story —“Best-selling Author finds time to sip some Coffee with a fan”
