There's this:
Then this:
And now for something completely silly (you're welcome Susan Juby):
Art
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
What do authors do when they're done a book?
Some smoke a cigarette. Ewww. Others drink a glass of wine. Me....I made this:
Chicken, cheese, peppers, mushrooms...and I even made the sauce and the dough. So much better than working with adverbs. Or trying to keep characters or plots in line.
Oh, and if you want to see some christmas hilarity...visit here.
Art
Chicken, cheese, peppers, mushrooms...and I even made the sauce and the dough. So much better than working with adverbs. Or trying to keep characters or plots in line.
Oh, and if you want to see some christmas hilarity...visit here.
Art
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Signings and Awards
Greetings,
Just got back from a signing at Mcnally Robinson Bookstore here in Saskatoon. It's only about three blocks from my house so I had a nice, chilly, bone-numbing, nose freezing, bracing walk. The perfect way to start a signing (note to self, be sure to blow nose before signing). I always enjoy public signings because they're a lot like public hangings. People just stare at you like the floor is going to fall out. Usually I am mistaken for a store employee and people ask me important questions like "where is the bathroom" and "where is the cookbook section?". Alas, this time people actually wanted me to sign books. The nerve!
That's my little macbook showing a slideshow, drawing in those thousands of signees! Okay, I admit it, the guy in the photo was Leif, a store employee. But there really were a lot of other "real" people there. We just staged this so you'd have something to look at. If you ever need a stand in for your own signings, weddings, or bat mitzvah's, Leif is your guy!
All went well. And I'm pleased to say this was my last promo event for the year. Yay! I'm done. I can rest now.
Oh, before we do that, everyone grab onto their hats, hold each other's hands and let's press the back in time button. We'll just go back a week to the Saskatchewan Book Awards. I went down (across?) to the event in Regina and had a lovely time. Maria Campbell was the keynote speaker and so the meal was buffalo stew and bannock, in honour of her metis heritage. Everything was in a metis theme, including we authors being "fiddled" in by John Arcand, master fiddler.
I didn't even trip on the way in. Jolted was up for Saskatoon Book of the Year, Fiction Book of the Year, and Young Adult Book of the Year! $6000.00 was just waiting to fall into my hands. I know, I know, what happened? How exciting! And the winner was....
Not me. Alas, I was a three time loser. : ) Ah, but I got a free meal! And I was especially happy for my friend Alison Lohans who won the YA book of the year. And my other pal, Pam Bustin who won Fiction book of the year. And my other friend Louise Halfe who won Saskatoon book of the year. Now that they're each a little richer I feel so much closer to them...
Here's a pic from my interview with Max TV before the announcements:
I did my best to find something profound to say. It was brilliant! I just wish I could remember what it was...
Art
Just got back from a signing at Mcnally Robinson Bookstore here in Saskatoon. It's only about three blocks from my house so I had a nice, chilly, bone-numbing, nose freezing, bracing walk. The perfect way to start a signing (note to self, be sure to blow nose before signing). I always enjoy public signings because they're a lot like public hangings. People just stare at you like the floor is going to fall out. Usually I am mistaken for a store employee and people ask me important questions like "where is the bathroom" and "where is the cookbook section?". Alas, this time people actually wanted me to sign books. The nerve!
That's my little macbook showing a slideshow, drawing in those thousands of signees! Okay, I admit it, the guy in the photo was Leif, a store employee. But there really were a lot of other "real" people there. We just staged this so you'd have something to look at. If you ever need a stand in for your own signings, weddings, or bat mitzvah's, Leif is your guy!
All went well. And I'm pleased to say this was my last promo event for the year. Yay! I'm done. I can rest now.
Oh, before we do that, everyone grab onto their hats, hold each other's hands and let's press the back in time button. We'll just go back a week to the Saskatchewan Book Awards. I went down (across?) to the event in Regina and had a lovely time. Maria Campbell was the keynote speaker and so the meal was buffalo stew and bannock, in honour of her metis heritage. Everything was in a metis theme, including we authors being "fiddled" in by John Arcand, master fiddler.
I didn't even trip on the way in. Jolted was up for Saskatoon Book of the Year, Fiction Book of the Year, and Young Adult Book of the Year! $6000.00 was just waiting to fall into my hands. I know, I know, what happened? How exciting! And the winner was....
Not me. Alas, I was a three time loser. : ) Ah, but I got a free meal! And I was especially happy for my friend Alison Lohans who won the YA book of the year. And my other pal, Pam Bustin who won Fiction book of the year. And my other friend Louise Halfe who won Saskatoon book of the year. Now that they're each a little richer I feel so much closer to them...
Here's a pic from my interview with Max TV before the announcements:
I did my best to find something profound to say. It was brilliant! I just wish I could remember what it was...
Art
Friday, December 05, 2008
Launch of Jolted...and lunch
Well,
I'm blogging about this rather late, but better late than never. I launched JOLTED at Tommy Douglas Collegiate here in Saskatoon on Oct. 23rd.
I cut together some video from the event. I condensed an hour long launch into about 10 minutes (in other words I took out the long boring parts and the tomato throwing episode and the tightrope walking schtick and the elephants who appeared--I assumed no one would want to see that). This will show you some of the other shocking things that happened.
It was a fun, exciting, exhilarating event. As you can tell I need to learn to stay under the spotlight, so I brightened up parts of the video. For those of you who want to know such things, I edited it all on a Macbook 2.4 (yes one of the fancy new ones), using Final Cut Express. It was my first experience with the program and I'm learning to like it.
The actual audio video presentation for the launch is done in Keynote, which I highly recommend for these types of presentations.
The audience was great and I am thankful that Tommy Douglas Collegiate let me launch my book at the school. Nothing like celebrating with 400+ students!
Of course, I ended the event with lunch at Truffles, dining on truffle butter steak. Mmmmmm.
Cheers,
Art
I'm blogging about this rather late, but better late than never. I launched JOLTED at Tommy Douglas Collegiate here in Saskatoon on Oct. 23rd.
I cut together some video from the event. I condensed an hour long launch into about 10 minutes (in other words I took out the long boring parts and the tomato throwing episode and the tightrope walking schtick and the elephants who appeared--I assumed no one would want to see that). This will show you some of the other shocking things that happened.
It was a fun, exciting, exhilarating event. As you can tell I need to learn to stay under the spotlight, so I brightened up parts of the video. For those of you who want to know such things, I edited it all on a Macbook 2.4 (yes one of the fancy new ones), using Final Cut Express. It was my first experience with the program and I'm learning to like it.
The actual audio video presentation for the launch is done in Keynote, which I highly recommend for these types of presentations.
The audience was great and I am thankful that Tommy Douglas Collegiate let me launch my book at the school. Nothing like celebrating with 400+ students!
Of course, I ended the event with lunch at Truffles, dining on truffle butter steak. Mmmmmm.
Cheers,
Art
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