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The book signing event ...

6/25/2013

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A few weeks ago, I asked myself, "What is actually involved in a book signing event?"  Well ... I'm just about to find this out first-hand.  A new local shop, called Discover San Jose, is opening it's doors for the first time tomorrow night, and I have been invited to be there, signing copies of Echoes, Neo-Victorian Poetry that sell during this grand opening.

At the Clockwork Alchemy Convention in April, I had the privilege of selling and signing many copies of Echoes at the Author's Table.  I'm assuming that tomorrow night's book signing event will be a similar situation, except that those who are expected to attend this event will include city dignitaries, and some local residents who I know fairly well.

Normally, I don't get too nervous about performing at public events.  Over the past several years, I've often found myself instructing school children and adults while working at a local Tech Museum, and as a volunteer at a NASA installation.  I've learned from past experience that I have a bit of a knack for public performance, so to speak.

Still, I am sensing a little apprehension as this event draws nigh.  Hmm...  I've never written a poem about stage fright, so now is maybe a good time to give that a go.  After all, what good is such uneasiness if I can't put it to use, right?  What better way to discover it's essential nature than by detailing it in a poem?

My prefered method is to allow whatever muddled thoughts and feelings are aswirl within me to pour out of my pen and onto the paper before me.  I guide them as they emerge and become tangible, observable, and recognizable things.  I believe that this has saved me from paying a therapist, on many occasions ... no offence to any therapists out there.

Since I expect to be busy tomorrow with book signing prep, I've decided to publish this post a day early.  In the meantime, I think I'll go play with my apprehensions, look stage fright square in the eye, and see what comes of it.

 
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    I've written many poems over the years.  This blog is a preview of my books: Echoes, Neo-Victorian Poetry (April 2013), Echoes ll, More Neo-Victorian Poetry (May 2014), Echoes lll, Even More Neo-Victorian Poetry, (August 2016), A Compilation of Echoes. (September 2016), and When None Command (April 13, 2019)

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