Comments | jimhines: Guest of Honor Tips

jimhines

Guest of Honor Tips

Oct 22, 2009 09:30

I wanted to say thanks to everyone who chimed in on yesterday’s post. One of the things I love about my online community is that it’s wonderful for support and for reality-checking-in this case, the reminder that envy is human, and that in fact I’m not the only author in the whole wide world who isn’t getting the six-figure advances

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beccastareyes October 22 2009, 13:36:06 UTC

Darn, if I was still in Nebraska, that would be something to drag my friends off for a con weekend.

jimhines October 22 2009, 13:42:56 UTC

Where are you at now? It can't be *that* long of a drive, can it? ;-)

beccastareyes October 22 2009, 13:50:50 UTC

Upstate New York. It would be a very long walk -- I don't own a car.

jimhines October 22 2009, 13:53:14 UTC

That's why you should start now! :-)

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mtlawson October 22 2009, 13:38:51 UTC

What, no Neil Gaiman jokes?

jimhines October 22 2009, 13:41:41 UTC

Thought about it, but decided against 'em this time :-)

cathschaffstump October 22 2009, 13:45:32 UTC

Worse: don't call on our cell and ask us for a shrubbery at 3 am. :/ Please.

Catherine

jimhines October 22 2009, 13:54:29 UTC

Got it. All shrubbery requests shall be submitted by 2:30 am at the latest. Thanks!

Not to do... celtic_catgirl October 22 2009, 14:11:13 UTC

Insist that an autograph session be held in the hotel hot tub. Even if the number of books damaged would boost book sales.

Let the James Brothers talk you into doing anything that could get you arrested... or anyone else for that matter.

Looking forward to seeing you at ICON. Hope you have a great time.

Re: Not to do... mtlawson October 22 2009, 14:13:55 UTC

I wouldn't trust a hotel's hot tub. Not without cans of Lysol, that is...

Re: Not to do... snapes_angel October 23 2009, 16:40:30 UTC

I do recall reading about some incident a few decades ago concerning a lime-Jell-oTM filled bathtub, but...

mtlawson October 22 2009, 14:13:07 UTC

True story:

Back when my wife and I used to volunteer for the local Celtic Fest, I used to help run sound for the stages. The Fest ran on a shoestring budget (probably still does, for all I know) and I pitied the person who volunteered to run the musicians' obudsman role. The Fest could only afford one A list group but a whole boatload of B-D List (including a lot of local) groups. Those groups on the whole realized their place in the universe and were great to work with. Some others, well...

On the last day of one particular Fest, the Obudsman arrived looking like she'd been run over by a truck. "What happened to you?" I asked, expecting a tale of late night debauchery.

"You wouldn't believe it," she said. "I got a call at 3 AM from one of the musicians. He wanted to know if he could have a chiropractor sent to his room at the motel to give him a massage. No reason; he just wanted one."