I made a joke once. Asked what I wanted to drink at my personal appearances, instead of saying still or sparking water, or diet or regular soda, etc. I joked “A bottle of Glenfiddich.”
I get to my first signing and there’s one waiting. I figure someone at HarperCollins is joking me back. Nope. Second stop, same thing. So I start giving those bottles to the store staff, because if you travel, imagine your luggage with your usual stuff and two cases of scotch. Ya, Popeye arms by the time I get home, not to mention that 1) I can’t fly open bottles home—if luggage hold isn’t pressurized, everyones back comes off the plane reeking of 12 year old single malt 2) I’d have to pay duty on the bottles. So I’ve also made it a “don’t give me gifts” policy (OK, cash maybe). Best, R.E.F. > On Apr 3, 2015, at 2:34 PM, Nick Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > > And to think nary a bottle of Scotch to be found in the batch I bet. > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Raymond Feist <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> On Apr 2, 2015, at 9:41 PM, Cian McDonnell <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Finally getting a chance to meet the man himself, been looking forward to >> this for over a decade now and I'm finally in the right city. >> > > Well, hope you’re not too disappointed when you do. > >> I know this has been said in a previous email but I was wondering about when >> you bring more than a few books what is the etiquette? > > Book Autographs are on a sliding scale, $20 for 1 book, $30 for 2, $50 for > three, and theres a large unit discount . . . > > OK, being a smartass here. The rule is bring as many as you like. Get 3 > signed and back to the end of the line. If I have to dash off to a meeting > or panel or whatever, then at least everyone gets something signed. If I > can, I’ll work through the entire bunch. I sat through one on-line guy > bringing me crates of remainders once, but what the hell. Had nothing better > to do that afternoon. > > Best, R.E.F. > > > > -- > Nick A > > "You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of the world had but a > single throat, and I had my hands about it..." Rorschach, 1975 > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety > deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of > Pennsylvania, 1759 > > "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the > streets after them." Bill Vaughan > > "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato
