Tomorrow I set off on the first leg of my signing tour. My first stop will be... well, I shouldn't say, since I won't be doing any public appearances there, just swinging by the Random House warehouse on Monday and signing as many copies of A DANCE WITH DRAGONS as I can manage to sign before catching the Acela to Boston that afternoon. Those copies will go out all over the country, to bookstores that are not on the tour, but have placed substantial orders.
The first public signing is in Boston. Well, Burlington, actually. Look for me at the Barnes & Noble, 98 Middlesex Turnpike, starting at 7pm and going to... well, to when they close the store presumably. I'll say a few words, take a few questions, and then deface your books.
After Boston, I'll be at the Union Square B&N in New York City, and then the Carmel B&N in Indianapolis. (Full details on the Appearances page of my website). Then it's home for a brief respite before I depart for San Diego Comicon and the second leg of the tour.
Please take a look at the post my publisher put up on Suvudu:
http://sf-fantasy.suvudu.com/2011/0
I don't want to disappoint anyone, so let me stress again that, because of the size of the crowds that we're anticipating, I cannot do personalizations or inscriptions at these events. Just straight autographs. I wish that wasn't so, but it is. And I won't be able to pose for photographs either, though you're certainly free to have your friend take a snapshot when I'm signing your book.
The number of items I can sign at each event will depend on the store, the crowd, and other variables.
Be aware, if you head out to one of these, that (1) you may need to wait in line for a very long time, and (2) when you finally reach the front of that line, we'll only have a few second together, at best. ((The BEST place to actually meet me, or any of your favorite SF or fantasy writers, is not at a booksigning, but at a con. But booksignings are good places to meet other fans. You'll definitely meet the people in line with you. You'll be spending hours with 'em, so be friendly. Romances have been known to start waiting in line at booksignings.))
And if all that hasn't scared you off... see you in Boston!
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Can't wait till Tuesday!!!! *grins*
:)
Just because I can't say so in person, as a history teacher/student and a fantasy fan this series inspires me and makes me excited. I only recently stumbled upon it but I am very excited for this book.
Anyways, best luck in the events to come! :D
I do hope next time you can make it this far north you can use a different book store or maybe let people just buy tickets to the event and not like in my case an additional book.
In any case, I do hope to make it to a con that you are attending sometime!
And Parris will be home minding the fort.
I got done reading Game of Thrones and it was a very good read although I knew what would happen since I came upon your novels through the HBO series. It was still interesting because it was like seeing what they did/said that they didn't include in the series. I'm pretty excited to read the next few though :3 Oh man, that Joffrey is gonna get his, I just know it >:O!
Also, I'd like to say I'm glad you are a big part of your HBO series because I'm flabbergasted at Alan Ball's attempt at the Southern Mystery novels of Sookie Stackhouse! I mean, I'm glad this HBO series actually follows the story line lol because these book series HBO seems to pick up on, they're wonderful books in themselves, they don't need the...err..twists of someone else in charge lol.
Oh, please don't kill off Daenerys, she's like my favorite person in the books because she's such a strong self-empowering heroine who's actually very kind...some of the women in this series are serious broads, just like Cersei, bleugh! Okay, take care!
I'll post more about comicon later. That's the SECOND leg of my tour. I have to survive the east coast first.
I would like to know if you are going to visit Spain on your tour.
Congratulations for your books!
Since you are a Spanish fan, you might want to visit the Spanish fan groups web site if you haven't already - it's called Asshai, and there's a link on George's website or you can search for it online.
The Asshai people were wonderful hosts when we visited in 2007. We had a feast that included the first public performance of "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" sung by 60+ people! They ran a one day convention in Gijon where many people wore wonderful costumes and all had a memorable evening in an old Austurian sidra hall.
Yes, we had a lot of fun, and would love for you to join us in Gijon next year. Although, I must warn you, at this time Gigamesh has no plans to sponsor a separate book tour. That may change, depending on how fast Cristina Macía, who has translated many of George's novels and has done excellent work on on every one, can complete the translation and Gigamesh can schedule the publication. The place to look for the information on the release of the Spanish edition is:
http://www.gigamesh.com/