You can say a lot of things about Cass and I. We’re brilliant and funny and obsessed with cats to name a few. But you can’t say we overly self promote ourselves; considering I’m seven months late telling you all about a really wonderful book signing we did here in Pasadena, CA.
September 24, 2017
Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena is a historic local shop that is notorious for supporting artists from the community. I have loved Vroman’s since I moved here in 1998.
After our mountain-top experience for our book launch at 4 Sydney Place in Bath, England, we always had the intention of doing something on my side of the pond. After some research and communication with Vroman’s, we decided a book signing there would be ideal. And then… well, obviously… we’d need a party afterwards.
As excited as we were to plan another visit together and celebrate The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen with our friends and family, we were not overtly excited about the presentation portion of the book signing evening. Cass had a list of diseases she planned to use to get out of it, but I promised her that there would only be four people in the audience and that we’d be back at my house for the party in no time (she had no problem with the party portion of the plan).
Well, we had a few more than four people in the audience. And we were surprised to get a solid slate of questions from them. While we did have a good set of people that were there to support us because they knew us, there were quite a few from the public too.
This was beautiful and wonderful but we were *not* prepared. We signed books for an hour, and we sold out!
After that, we went home to an amazingly catered meal by my mom and an amazing show of support from our friends and family. Special appreciation goes to our husbands who were more than supportive, more than gracious and more than wonderful.
Thank you to my mom for the food and help, for Megan for taking photos for us and everyone for the support! We will endeavor to be slightly quicker to update Tabbycow the next time something exciting happens!
Cheers!
LOL! That is wonderful. What a great problem to have- selling out. Congrats, ladies! And thanks for sharing about it.
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Thanks for reading, Sophia Rose! Much appreciated!
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Thanks Sophia Rose!
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Sounds like it was a lot of fun and congrats on selling out. Thanks for sharing it with us Ada. Mind you, in the same situation (as I’m something of a Darcy personality) I’d probably be a bit like Cass and have a whole list of medical reasons to get out of it. A favourite reason for not doing something in our family when I was growing up, was always “I’ve got a bone in my leg!”
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P.S. How’s the sequel coming along?
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Slowly! 😉
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The sequel would be coming along faster but I have bones in both my legs…
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Haha! Love it, Anji. I might try that one at the next event I’m trying to wriggle out of! 😀
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Congratulations Cass and Ada-looks like it was a lot of fun by the end!
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Thanks, Jane! The party was certainly fun! 😉
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It was really very fun – BOTH parts of the evening 😉
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I had a wonerful time. Thanks for inviting me!
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Thank you for coming along, John! It was lovely to meet you in person at last, and we’re so pleased you enjoyed the signing and after party!
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Glad to have met you!
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Wish I could have been there. Loved reading about it and l9bed having the privilege of meeting Cass in New York.
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Wish you could have been there too, Debbie! At least we did get our meet up! ❤
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She’s pretty great 😉
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Looks like a fabulous evening, I am so please for you both that it went so well! xx
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Thank you, Hazel! Wish you and Keith could have been there too!
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Thank you! Wish you could have been there!
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Congratulations. I love the photos and assume those two men are husbands. Love that your mother also catered a meal for you. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you, Sheila! Yes, those are they! 😉
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