I think the autographs would just end up being drunken smiley faces :-).
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message -------- From: Handsome John <[email protected]> Date:04/04/2015 12:49 PM (GMT+12:00) To: feistfans-l <[email protected]> Cc: Subject: RE: Appearances, Texas and Brazil I can imagine what the autographs would have looked like if you had decided to make use of that bottle of Glenfiddich...I mean, you can't take it back half empty, right? From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 17:07:25 -0600 Subject: Re: Appearances, Texas and Brazil To: [email protected] I can only imagine what those autographs might look like after that second hour... On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Raymond Feist <[email protected]> wrote: 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]> wrote: On Apr 2, 2015, at 9:41 PM, Cian McDonnell <[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 -- 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
