Bookstores visited so far: 291
Books signed so far: 2548
Books hand sold so far: 169
Bookstores remaining: 209
Rustymobile stories:
- Barry Eisler, while driving the Rustymobile through NY, was unimpressed with the less-than-responsive acceleration of my Suzuki Sidekick. To quote Barry: "What have you got under the hood, a sewing machine?" I responded that it got 32 stitches to the gallon. Then I began to sing the Welcome Back Kotter theme when we entered Brooklyn, which annoyed him to no end.
- In West Haven Connecticut I got a flat tire. The culprit was a screw. I'm not sure how a screw, lying on the road, can pierce a steel belted radial, but this one did. I removed it with, you guessed it, a screwdriver, then did the rubber patch/fix a flat thing.
- The Rustymobile's air conditioning is functioning in this heat wave, but the leak is producing large amounts of water. I had to buy a bigger bucket to catch the dripping on the passenger side.
- I was almost hit by a truck the other day. It was entirely the other driver's fault. I was eating a sandwich, talking on the phone, programming my GPS, and I'd drifted into his lane and he didn't honk his horn fast enough. Some people shouldn't be allowed on the road.
- I locked my keys in my car at a gas station. Since I only have one key, I always check my pockets before I lock the doors. In this case, I was getting rid of some accumlated garbage and left my keys on the front seat, then slammed the door without thinking. Luckily, the window was open a centimeter. I taped together some gas station straws and made the end into a hook, then fished the keys off the seat. My wife told me that I was really clever, but a clever man wouldn't have locked his keys in the car in the first place.
- The aforementioned Barry Eisler, disgusted at how filthy my windshield was, finally pulled into a gas station to clean it himself. True to form, he did a great job, and made it seem like natural causes. Welcome back, Barry!
- I stayed overnight at the lovely and talented Jackie Kessler's house, and we tag-teamed a few stores. (Jackie writes paranormal romance, and her new book, Hell's Belles, comes out next year. Check out her new website.) The Rustymobile has a tiny quirk where the passenger side door doesn't lock unless you lift the handle while closing it. Between this, and the water dripping between her feet from the air conditioning, Jackie sweetly said in reference to the Rustymobile, "I really like those signs your publisher made for you."
For those interested, I'll be on World Talk Radio Writer's Roundtable today from 12pm until 2pm Eastern. Click on the above link to listen live, or visit it later to hear it in the archives. James Rollins will also be on with me.
For those looking to buy signed copies of my books, here's where I've been lately:
Borders North Attleboro MA
Borders Express North Attleboror MA
BN Warwick NY
BN Middletown RI
The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza Albany NY
Borders Albany NY
Borders Clifton Park NY
BN Albany NY
BN Schenectady NY
Walden Albany NY
Walden Latham NY
Borders Express Schenectady NY
Borders Saratoga Springs NY
BN Saratoga Springs NY
Walden Warwick RI
BN Dartmouth MA
BN East Walpole MA
Walden Saratoga Springa NY
BN Bellingham MA
BN Holyoke MA
BN Pittsfield MA
BN Kingston NY
Walden Kingston NY
Walden Paramus NJ
BN Pughkeepsie NY
Borders Poughkeepsie NY
BN Newbury NY
Borders Ramsey NJ
Borders 230 Garden State Plaza Paramus NJ
Borders Rt 17 Paramus NJ
BN Paramus NJ
Also, the other night I had dinner with the very funny mystery writer Tom Schreck, who just signed a two book deal. He paid for dinner, so I urge everyone reading this to buy his Amazon.com Short stories. Click here for the latest. It's funny. You'll like it. And it's only 49 cents.
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