Anticipation: Waiting for the Book to Hit Stores
"Your book is in Barnes & Noble in Minnesota!" my aunt shouted.
It was December 22, and I had just landed in Charlotte after a cross crounty trip that included an overnight in L.A.
It was December 22, and I had just landed in Charlotte after a cross crounty trip that included an overnight in L.A.
What? It's not supposed to be in stores yetuntil January second," I said. "We can't even get in here yet. And it's a Southern book!"
"Well, it's there. She just bought two copies."
My aunt's mother wasn't the only one who spotted my book. When I spoke with my editor a week or so later, she informed me that The Southern Girl's Guide had already been delivered to various bokstores and was selling - well before the official "on sale" date of January 2.
"The most sales have been in Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville and...get this," she said. "New York!"
Now I have a lot of friends in Atlanta, and some family in Charlotte, so I guess that's understandable. But Nashville? I don't know a soul there. Now, I did give Tim McGraw an early-bound copy for his wife, Faith Hill, a few months back, when I interviewed him for the movie Flicka. She's mentioned in the book, as an example of the quintessential Southern Girl. (Don't you just love her?!) But somehow, I don't think Faith is buying up all those copies in Nashville. And what about New York City??? Have the Southerners taken over that city as well? Breaking news!
I'm not complaining, of course. I just wish that I could have seen my book in a store before, oh, I don't know. All my family and friends and their extended network, maybe? My brother Adam drove up to Concord Mills (just north of Charlotte) a few days after Christmas. He stopped in the Barnes & Noble and guess what? There it was, sitting on a shelf in the relationship section, right under Dr. Phil's new book.
(See photo above. Isn't Adam the cutest thing? Still single gals, but better act fast. He's a keeper!) My brother Stephen called soon after to report that Books A Million has The Southern Girl's Guide in Gastonia, NC.
"Well, it's there. She just bought two copies."
My aunt's mother wasn't the only one who spotted my book. When I spoke with my editor a week or so later, she informed me that The Southern Girl's Guide had already been delivered to various bokstores and was selling - well before the official "on sale" date of January 2.
"The most sales have been in Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville and...get this," she said. "New York!"
Now I have a lot of friends in Atlanta, and some family in Charlotte, so I guess that's understandable. But Nashville? I don't know a soul there. Now, I did give Tim McGraw an early-bound copy for his wife, Faith Hill, a few months back, when I interviewed him for the movie Flicka. She's mentioned in the book, as an example of the quintessential Southern Girl. (Don't you just love her?!) But somehow, I don't think Faith is buying up all those copies in Nashville. And what about New York City??? Have the Southerners taken over that city as well? Breaking news!
I'm not complaining, of course. I just wish that I could have seen my book in a store before, oh, I don't know. All my family and friends and their extended network, maybe? My brother Adam drove up to Concord Mills (just north of Charlotte) a few days after Christmas. He stopped in the Barnes & Noble and guess what? There it was, sitting on a shelf in the relationship section, right under Dr. Phil's new book.
(See photo above. Isn't Adam the cutest thing? Still single gals, but better act fast. He's a keeper!) My brother Stephen called soon after to report that Books A Million has The Southern Girl's Guide in Gastonia, NC.
Well, I've been saying all along that it's a cross between Dr. Phil and the Sweet Potato Queen, so I guess the shelf location is a propos. Unlike the latter, mine is totally PG. But very Southern. Which, apparently, even Yankees are starting to appreciate. High time, too, if you ask me. Which, I guess, is why I wrote the book, after all. Because everybody needs a little Southern love.
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