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Important => Calendar Event Discussion => Topic started by: Priscellie on September 15, 2008, 03:05:43 PM
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Jim and Shannon will be doing a joint book signing on October 4, from 2-4PM at the Borders Express Independence Center!
18805 E 39th St S
Independence, MO 64057
(816) 795-1161
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Just in time to get Shannon's third book coming out Sept 30th.. :-)
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:'( I am only 3 to 4 hours away but I can't afford the gas... *cries*
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Crap, it would be the weekend that we had to move our D&D game up to noon. I really need to get to one of these soon to replace my Small Favors.
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:-[ sucks don't it....
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Little bit. Oh, well, he lives here so he does quiet a few around here.
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its still 4 hours away for me.... maybe i can find out sooner next time and grab my friends and split the cost
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There ya go, that's the way to plan ahead. ;) Where you at anyway that's four hours away?
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Marryville Mo
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Sweet. NWMO College or a resident? I'll be there on the 18th for homecoming.
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no way :O ....
??? homecoming is on the 18th... I should keep up on these things... don't care too much for Football ....
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Yeah me either. I didn't even go there, but my buddy did, and all my friends from CQ go there, so we're going up for the parties and the alcohol. ;D
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I stay pritty much away from parties and alcohol
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Where's the fun in that? :P I do for the most part, but its a sort of mini-vacation for me. And a chance to see all my friends.
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... i don't really... find them... fun...
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*Conversation moved to PM to keep from derailing thread any further.*
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ok
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:-[ and i missed it......
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The signing went well, according to my wife, the Borders Express Store Manager. Sales of books to be signed probably helped the store make its sales goals for the week. I got over to the signing on my last 15-minute break from Sears (in the same mall), and had nice (if short) chats with Shannon and Jim. Also picked up a copy of Blood Light and got Jim to autograph it. (Danise had already done that with Shannon's first two books.)
Shannon and I unfortunately share the opinion that No Escape is not the best of her three novels, and I suppose that we both hope that her Editors will cut her a bit more slack in the future. I don't think that they are "thinking outside the box" with regard to her potential audience. Calling it "romantic suspense" puts the emphasis on the romantic elements, which are important but which don't drive the plots, IMHO. Most adult men crave "romance," but they missed their chance at it when they were young, being overwhelmed by a need for sex. Many adult men can probably be "lured" into an appreciation of "romance" by good suspense stories, just as I have. Put the suspense/mystery ahead of the "romance," and many more men will be "sucked in," IMHO.
Dan
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do you have to buy a book at the store for ti to be signed or can you bring one you already bought? ... just for future reference...
your comment about romance and men and sespence sounds interesting... would you mind explaining more