I couldn’t believe how many people wanted to see Burbank at this event. There’ve been photos of him popping up on blogs. People have started fan sites devoted to him, mostly because of his mysteriousness and unveiling, but of course they mention his talent for poetry as well. I shouldn’t be surprised that he brought a handful of copies of his novel with him to the event. He sold out in minutes. I didn’t do too bad either, but it’s Burbank they all wanted to talk about. All the questions were about my blog and my adventures so far and the aliens, not so much about Angela Beam and her adventures. But I can hardly blame them because real life adventures trump fiction any day, don’t they? And Burbank is a pretty rocking writer.
There was one embarrassing moment where I was signing books. This woman comes up, and I’m used to people starting off by saying their names so I can write while they jabber on to me about how my book has changed their lives yaddah yaddah. But this one woman clearly didn’t know protocol and said “Thisda Newan,” which I assumed was her name and I endorsed the book to Thisda Newan. When I smiled up at her, she looked rather perplexed and asked me again, “This the new one?”
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your crowds ARE getting scarier
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Dear Burbank,
ReplyDeleteDid you read any of these websites about you? They only like your poetry because it’s so bad. Some of them think you do it on purpose as a publicity stunt. It’s a conspiracy! You’re a celebrity because you refused to show yourself at all these events and you make up these crazy lies about aliens and whatnot, so they all think you’re some kind of fascinating creative rather than the anything-but-mysterious eccentric you are.
--Milo