So we should all just come I you for a signing. Save you all that trouble lol.
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 14, 2012, at 9:53 AM, "Raymond E. Feist" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 13, 2012, at 11:49 PM, Michael Hawksworth wrote: > >> You're always welcome here Ray! >> >> Do you actually enjoy doing tours? I can see that you are going to be >> contracted to do some promotion and they go towards the R.E.F. brand and by >> extension sales and cash in the bank; but would you do them if it was just >> your choice? >> >> Michael. >> > > > Yes and no. I dread going on tour, because they're brutal. My usual day > starts between 5 and 6 am depending (there may be a few I can sleep in until > 8). If I'm flying out that morning, it's sometimes as early as 4am. If I'm > not, it's breakfast and then into whatever I'm doing that day by 10 am: > interviews, local warehouse, or photo shoot, then a mid-day signing, grab a > bite, then an evening signing. Now,realize that lunch and evening gig may be > in two different cities with 3 hour driving in between. My worst was 20 > cities in six countries over 28 days about ten years back. Brutal. Once I'm > at the bookshop/lecture hall, I usually enjoy hell out of it. I like the > people who show up and love the give-take of the Q&A. So once I'm in "on the > road"mode, I'm OK. Then once I get home, I am so glad it's over. > > So, yes and no. > > Best,R.E.F. > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > >
