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)

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[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. :)