tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post7797965357312411836..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Psst! Want a Hot Deal on a Good Book?Julia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-30565672454324404372007-04-26T13:29:00.000-04:002007-04-26T13:29:00.000-04:00Don't forget: those Big Names were once unknowns.Don't forget: those Big Names were once unknowns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-39231318172821696812007-04-25T09:40:00.000-04:002007-04-25T09:40:00.000-04:00Sheila, I don't have to imagine being an unknown s...Sheila, I don't have to imagine being an unknown seated near a popular author, because I've had the experience. At Bouchercon last fall, I watched people line up in the book room for several Big Name writers while I sat off to the side. I wasn't alone on the sidelines, though, and I did sell some books (and signed one previously purchased book for someone who had bought it months before and Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-52844274635031710562007-04-25T09:34:00.000-04:002007-04-25T09:34:00.000-04:00Sandy, you're so right. I remember years ago (bef...Sandy, you're so right. I remember years ago (before I ever started writing), visiting a local Borders when a children's book author was doing a signing. He (yes, it was a he, which was unusual) had a table in front, but even so, people would make ten-foot detours to avoid him. It was sad.<BR/><BR/>And imagine being seated next to someone really major at a big conference signing--lines around Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com