Who wants a visitor?

[salixbabylon]

OK, so I had another one of my wacky ideas and I'm just going with it: I want to do a road trip/book tour this spring. In April or May, probably.

I think I'll drive down to LA, stop and see my mom in Arizona, maybe head out to Texas, across the South to Florida, up to New York, and back across the Midwest to Chicago, to Seattle and down through Oregon back home.

Something that would make this actually feasible would be the possibility of staying with friends rather than paying for motels for two or three weeks. So if you know me fairly well and feel like it might be fun to have a houseguest for no more than two nights (I'm very tidy and I cook!), I'd love to combine some friend-visiting into my plans. I have several f-list friends I've met in person who can vouch for me not being a serial-killer or unduly pervy in non-pervy settings (i.e. I'm child-proof. Spouse- and parent-proof, too.)

Anyone? I can even bring an air mattress and my own pillow. ;)

Let me know ASAP if you're interested in hooking up so I can start seeing what bookstores are in what areas and if they'd be willing to carry my book/do an author signing/workshop.

Thanks!

(x-posted everywhere I go; sorry if you get inundated)

Comments

[mellacita.livejournal.com]

Florida to NY involves passing through DC. *g*

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Whoop! I'll start plotting the route soon. Thank you so much for the offer. :)

[elfscribe5.livejournal.com]

That's quite a road trip! I may be in that swathe or not depending on a job possibility. E-mail me and I'll let you know specifics.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

What's your best email? For some reason LJ won't let me see your profile page. :P

[elfscribe5.livejournal.com]

elfscribe5@yahoo.com
That's odd, you should be able to see my profile page. I think my email is only available to friends so you need to be logged in.

[nverland]

that coming back across and going to Seattle. Will you be using Interstate 84? If so, going through Ontario Oregon? If so have I got a place for you. And decent food. And a TON of hugs.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

*smooches* I'd love that! :) I'll be working on a route and stuff and will get back to you.

[naotalba.livejournal.com]

I'm in orange county, about an hour south of LA, but you are welcome to stay with me.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that sounds good. I might have an old college roommate in LA to stay with, but I'd love to meet you anyway! :)

[naotalba.livejournal.com]

I'd love to meet you too, and there might be bookstores and stuff down this way you would want to hit. Just let me know. Megan 714-785-6661

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

*smmoch* Thanks - I'll keep you posted. :)

[anorienparker.livejournal.com]

I'm in North Carolina and you're welcome to stay with me. The closes big town is Asheville, about an hour away, but we're only a day trip away from Chattanooga, Tennessee or Knoxville, Tennessee as well. :D

(I hope you're not allergic to cats!)

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Whoohoo! I'll be plotting out my route soon. Thank you so much for the offer. :)

[uinendolothen.livejournal.com]

I replied elsewhere, but I don't want you to miss the offer - I'm in Woodinville, WA, near Seattle.

You're more than welcome to stay here. We have a guest room and guest bath. However, we have two kids, two cats, three guinea pigs, and an occasional dog.

*hugs*

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Lovely! I haven't seen you in ages. :) I'll get working on bookshops and get back to you soon!

[lozateazer.livejournal.com]

Man, you know what? I am actually moving to Sacramento in the first week of April! If only you were in the Seattle area before April 5-7!

But honestly, on a more serious subject, I'm so terribly sorry for slacking so much on the book thing. I really do want to get your book in my store, my mind has just kinda been everywhere lately, and... well, I don't really have a good excuse. I've talked to my boss about it, she's interested, but I haven't done any follow ups with her lately.

I will be talking with her sometime tomorrow (Wednesday), so let me ask her about that then. Then when you guys get a hold of each other, you can talk about maybe doing a workshop of some point! We don't often do workshops, but if we got the word out soon enough, I think that this could be a win-win situation for us all!

Hopefully I'll have a phone number to pass along to you tomorrow.

*slinks off sheepishly*

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Oh cool! I'm in Sacto a few times a year, since my in-laws live there. I'll finally get to meet you, I hope. :)

No problem about the delay on the book - I haven't eben as proactive as I'd like on contacting people. I'd be grateful for any info you have though, and can send a sample copy at any time.

[jackieville.livejournal.com]

We'd love to have you and there's a Barnes and Noble and Borders very close to us!

*bounces*

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Whoop! I'll be plotting my route soon. Thank you so much for the offer. :)

[jackieville.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome! Just let me know! *squishes*

[lisagems.livejournal.com]

I have a way comfy couch and there are 2 B&N and 3 Borders withing 5 miles of me, even more a little further out. Plus there's Women & Children First Bookstore, which would be a way cool venue.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Whoohoo! I'll definitely be stopping in Chicago, so I'd love any resources you have for me for sex-shops (esp the non-gross kind) or queer bookshops or whatever. I can't wait to get to see you! *smooch*

[lisagems.livejournal.com]

Off the top of my head -
Women & Children First
5233 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60640
Tel: 773.769.9299
Fax: 773.769.6729
wcfbooks@aol.com

Early to Bed
5323 N. Sheridan
Chicago 60640
early2bed.com

Boystown resources - http://www.northalsted.com/

TULIP CHICAGO Lakeview,
3448 N. Halsted Street (Near Wrigley Stadium in Boystown)
Chicago, Illinois 60657
Mytulip.com

The first two I've been to and like a lot. Tulip I've heard about, but don't recall going into, but I may have done on one of our Halstead St. crawls. Both Early To Bed and Tulip offer seminars, so they would probably be a very good fit.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Whoo! Thanks - that's very helpful. I appreciate it. :)

[bklyons.livejournal.com]

Tampa, Florida here...all major bookstores as well as a few family owned. As long as you do not mind dogs (small).

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Holy moley! So many friends in FL! I might have to do a separate trip, or spend a whole week there. I'll let you know once I get a route plotted. Thanks for the offer! :)

[bklyons.livejournal.com]

If you do stop in the Tampa/St.Pete area, definately check out Haslams. They are a very neat new/used local bookstore/landmark! http://www.haslams.com/

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Ooh great - thanks for the rec! :)

[second-banana.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! SALIX! Want!

*ahem* This is me indicating that I would love to see you as you swing through Portland on your way back home.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Hahahah! Awesome! I can't wait to meet you. I'll definitely add POrtland to the final leg of the trip. :)

[heartofslash.livejournal.com]

No Toronto?? *puppy dog eyes*

I know. The border would be hell with a car full of smuttiness. And you're going to go see second_banana I insist you call me from her place!!! Threeway!

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Wow, you seriously did read my whole blog, didn't you? I must have awesome guilt-inspiring powers.

Maybe I will go North first, steal s_b and bring her to you. Can I have a reward if I do that? *wiggles eyebrows* ;)

[heartofslash.livejournal.com]

Yes - I've been desperately trying to get caught up on flist-iness and failing in an epic manner, but this is the end of reading week, so I didn't have six lectures to listen to, and four articles to read, and a book to review and a paper to write, so I'm actually not failing so much!

And no guilt at all - merely an excellent suggestion of a way to spend some free time. (Also, the Dwarf has been sporadically emplyed the last couple of weeks, and that makes it even harder for me to get things done, but he's at work today and this evening.)

You cannot even imagine the reward. It would involve ridiculous amounts of lube...