Now if we could get the publishers to pay for that... wow.....
Tony From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Buttimer Sent: 14 April 2012 20:06 To: feistfans-l Cc: feistfans-l Subject: Re: Book tours 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.
