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Me, Me, EVERYWHERE
Aug. 2nd, 2010 10:23 amThe Book Butterfly posted a lovely 10-question interview with my alter-egoon her blog, which you should check out: "Ten Tantalizing Questions with Tate". Alas, I have since learned that RESURRECTION CODE won't be out until March 2011. However, just for fun, let me reprint one of my answers as a teaser here.
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"If you could inhabit the life of one literary character and dive into their world for just one day, who would you choose and why?
It’s a well known fact that I want to be Captain America from the Marvel Universe. Actually, I’m sort of surprised I haven’t gotten the casting call for the new movie. Something about my gender and only being 5’2”, I guess, I’m not sure…. ;-) The super soldier formula could come in really handy when I need to catch a bus is all I’m saying.
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Also, if you missed it, there was a nice feature article in the Pioneer Press on Sunday: "St. Paul Author Introduces Her New Novel About a Vampire Princess.".
Oh, and don't forget, tomorrow about this time (starting at 10 am) I'll be _LIVE!!_ on KARE-11's "Showcase Minnesota."
Yeh, which is all just a big build-up to Saturday, August 7th, where I will be in two places at once. First at Uncle Hugo's starting at 1:00 pm, I'll be signing Tate's books for her, and then I'll disapparate and reappear at the HarMar Barnes & Noble for a reading and signing of the same book at 2:00 pm. Actually, I'm a muggle, so I'll drive like mad and probably be a little late (the event organizer already knows to expect me to be a bit tardy,) so there will be cookies and lemonade for any of you who show up precisely at 2:00 and I'm not there yet.
I'd complain bitterly about all I have to do, but, honestly, I LOVE this sh*t! I mean, what't the point of being an author if you can't do this fun promotional stuff???
But, back to reality, I spent much of the weekend cleaning out the garage with Shawn. Okay, actually, Shawn did the hard work of hosing off the roofing crud from all the stuff we had stored there, and I mostly worked on finishing painting (finally!) the neighbor's side of our fence and paiting a couple of cubbies that we salvaged from our OTHER neighbor's garbage. The neighbors to the north are moving, alas. We liked them. His name was Brad, and, though I was introduced to her, I spaced her name almost instantly, so we've been calling them Brad and Angelina for the year or so they've lived next to us. Brad works as an announcer on the radio station for the blind, and, they have an awesome dog and a very noisy (but also sweet tempered) macaw or other large talking bird. We'll miss them. Unlike I imagine their namesakes might be, our Brad and Angelina were really pleasant neighbors.
Speaking of apperating, last night Mason and I finished GOBLET OF FIRE. He wasn't kidding me when he warned me I might cry at the end of that book. Cedric! Damn, I liked Cedric. We just started ORDER OF THE PHEONIX, and I'm already worried. Things are much darker, aren't they?
My big plans for today are to finish up an article I've been working on, maybe make it to the gym (my back has been sore, and I think it's from lack of stretching,) and possibly finishing up the cubbies (which, thankfully, I covered in plastic last night so the rain shouldn't have messed up my first coat too much.)
Oh, and freak out about tomorrow's TV thing. Why did it have to be live? Taped I could handle... now my brain keeps thinking of all the swear words I'm NOT SUPPOSED to blurt out.
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"If you could inhabit the life of one literary character and dive into their world for just one day, who would you choose and why?
It’s a well known fact that I want to be Captain America from the Marvel Universe. Actually, I’m sort of surprised I haven’t gotten the casting call for the new movie. Something about my gender and only being 5’2”, I guess, I’m not sure…. ;-) The super soldier formula could come in really handy when I need to catch a bus is all I’m saying.
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Also, if you missed it, there was a nice feature article in the Pioneer Press on Sunday: "St. Paul Author Introduces Her New Novel About a Vampire Princess.".
Oh, and don't forget, tomorrow about this time (starting at 10 am) I'll be _LIVE!!_ on KARE-11's "Showcase Minnesota."
Yeh, which is all just a big build-up to Saturday, August 7th, where I will be in two places at once. First at Uncle Hugo's starting at 1:00 pm, I'll be signing Tate's books for her, and then I'll disapparate and reappear at the HarMar Barnes & Noble for a reading and signing of the same book at 2:00 pm. Actually, I'm a muggle, so I'll drive like mad and probably be a little late (the event organizer already knows to expect me to be a bit tardy,) so there will be cookies and lemonade for any of you who show up precisely at 2:00 and I'm not there yet.
I'd complain bitterly about all I have to do, but, honestly, I LOVE this sh*t! I mean, what't the point of being an author if you can't do this fun promotional stuff???
But, back to reality, I spent much of the weekend cleaning out the garage with Shawn. Okay, actually, Shawn did the hard work of hosing off the roofing crud from all the stuff we had stored there, and I mostly worked on finishing painting (finally!) the neighbor's side of our fence and paiting a couple of cubbies that we salvaged from our OTHER neighbor's garbage. The neighbors to the north are moving, alas. We liked them. His name was Brad, and, though I was introduced to her, I spaced her name almost instantly, so we've been calling them Brad and Angelina for the year or so they've lived next to us. Brad works as an announcer on the radio station for the blind, and, they have an awesome dog and a very noisy (but also sweet tempered) macaw or other large talking bird. We'll miss them. Unlike I imagine their namesakes might be, our Brad and Angelina were really pleasant neighbors.
Speaking of apperating, last night Mason and I finished GOBLET OF FIRE. He wasn't kidding me when he warned me I might cry at the end of that book. Cedric! Damn, I liked Cedric. We just started ORDER OF THE PHEONIX, and I'm already worried. Things are much darker, aren't they?
My big plans for today are to finish up an article I've been working on, maybe make it to the gym (my back has been sore, and I think it's from lack of stretching,) and possibly finishing up the cubbies (which, thankfully, I covered in plastic last night so the rain shouldn't have messed up my first coat too much.)
Oh, and freak out about tomorrow's TV thing. Why did it have to be live? Taped I could handle... now my brain keeps thinking of all the swear words I'm NOT SUPPOSED to blurt out.