Enjoy! Stephanie Morrill
1 July 2009
Looking for another opportunity to win a signed book? Check out this promotion Christian Review of Books did for me. There’s an interview, character sketches of Skylar, Connor, Jodi, Eli, and Abbie, an incredibly nice review, and an article about why you don’t have to be a teenager to get into a YA book. I’ll be giving away two signed copies through the site, so be sure to enter your name and tell your friends!
Speaking of signed books, I’ve been signing a lot recently and have discovered that very awkward moment when you finish, hand the book back to the person, and they immediately look to see what you wrote. Lots of writers have come up with cute taglines or Bible verses, but I haven’t come up with anything that I’d feel comfortable ALWAYS using. So I’m generally going with “Enjoy! Stephanie Morrill.” Not clever, I grant you, but I’m pretty sure I’ll still be comfortable with it ten years from now. And there’s not a whole lot to make fun of.
This whole “What do I write???” debate reminded me of that Seinfeld episode where Jerry is in a diner on the road when he gets recognized. He only has one headshot with him and signs it, “Nothing’s finer than eating in your diner,” or words to that effect. Elaine makes fun of him, so he decides he wants it back. But of course he can’t redo it because he doesn’t have any other headshots, and the proprietor thinks it’s funny and won’t give it back.
At least a headshot you can just toss. What happens if I get nervous, over think my signature, and screw up? Then what do I do? Tear out the page? Buy the person a new book? Hopefully this can remain a hypothetical question. That I can complete a task as simple as signing my name.
So if you’re coming to the book signing (Saturday July 11th from 1 to 3pm at Barnes and Noble in Oak Park Mall) and have something in particular you’d like me to write inside your book, don’t be afraid to just tell me. Otherwise you’ll be getting “Enjoy! Stephanie Morrill” along with everyone else.
Comments
Consider it yours, Roseanna. It’ll help me eat up some time at the conference signing :)
Posted by Stephanie on 2 July 2009
Which won’t be necessary because you’ll have a HUGE line of parents-of-fans waiting for you to sign their daughters’ books;-)
Posted by Roseanna on 4 July 2009
Um . . . can I get something else? Like “You’re the best friend and critique partner ever and I could never make a major decision (much less turn in a book) without your input. Stephanie Morrill”? Too long? LOL
Posted by Roseanna on 2 July 2009