Here We Go!

I am sitting at my desk, still on a buzz from an excellent lunch at a friend's house. It is late on Saturday afternoon and I am leaving in the morning. I am looking at the one and only copy of my book I have seen so far, and thinking of the many more I'm going to handle over the next two weeks. I have bought a permanent marker but still have no idea what one is supposed to write when one signs a copy of one's book.

I am reading through the hour-by-hour schedule my publicist has put together for me, wondering if it will leave enough time for a bagel now and then, checking out the hotels and whether or not they are equipped with a pool. I am thinking of my unpacked suitcase and my unpacked plane lunch, and I am feeling like I've just boarded a ride at an amusement park.

The security bar is being lowered in front of me, a family of butterflies is taking up residence in my stomach, there is no turning back. Here we go!

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So. I'm sure you've seen the list of booktour events by now, so that's that. I will try to blog from the road -- if only to show you the bagels and the pools, so keep an eye on the moblog --, but something tells me it may be a challenge to find the time, and this is why I am leaving you in the company of this delectable religieuse au caramel, bought from Claire Damon's pastry shop, Des Gâteaux et du Pain (63 bd Pasteur in the 15th; 01 45 38 94 16).