Come Meet Jen, Who Often Refers To Herself in the Third Person
July 31, 2009 I've been hinting around about this on both Facebook and Twitter, and now I'm pleased to say I can finally share with you the details of the coming U.S. Cake Wrecks Book Tour!!
Exactly, Jae K.Uh, you DID know there's a book, right? Because you've already pre-ordered your copy like a good Wrecky henchperson, right?
Well, even if you haven't purchased a copy I hope you'll come say hello (and then purchase a copy). It's not that I'd mind eating all the cake myself (did I mention there'll be cake?) and doing the Q&A with just John (and that John's coming?), but frankly, Andrews McMeel might. So please, block out these dates on your calenders now, and then buy any necessary plane tickets to get you there, because with today's plethora of transportation options I am NOT accepting "it was too far away" as an excuse. (Hey, if I have to get on a plane...)
Ok, ok, just to sweeten the deal further: How about a contest? And even better, one in which no talent is required and you get to eat the results?
Yep, in a nutshell: just make a Wreckplica of your choice...but the catch is, it has to be on a cupcake. This is both to keep the entries a manageable size, and (bonus!) just to screw with you. The crowd favorites will win fabulous prizes, which admittedly I haven't decided on yet, but believe me, they're going to be fabulous.
There will also be cake for everyone (bakers, if you'd like to volunteer your services in your city, let me know), so rest assured you will be leaving with a sugar buzz even if you don't bring an entry - but you still should anyway, so that those of us with icing in our hair don't mock you.
Yeah. Like that.Borders (Winter Park)
Tuesday, September 22, 5PM
(NOTE: This will be my first public appearance EVER. So let me apologize in advance for doing the entire Q&A with a barf bag strategically placed on my lap.)
Portland, OR
Powell’s Books
Friday, September 25, 7:30 pm
Seattle, WA
Third Place Books
Saturday, September 26 6:30 pm
San Francisco, CA
Copperfield's Books (Petaluma)
Sunday, September 27 2:00 pm
Denver, CO
Tattered Cover Bookstore (Historic LoDo)
Tuesday, September 29 7:30 pm
Chicago, IL
Barnes & Noble (Old Orchard)
Thursday, October 1, 7:30 pm
Dallas, TX
Legacy Books
Saturday, October 3, 2:00 pm
Austin, TX
BookPeople
Sunday, October 4, 3:00 pm
Kansas City, MO
Barnes & Noble (Oak Park)
Monday, October 5, 6:00 pm
(NOTE: Yes, technically this is not in Missouri; it's in Kansas. I think these are listed by the closest major city, if that helps explain it any.)
Bethesda, MD
Barnes & Noble
Tuesday, October 6, 7:00 pm
New York, NY
Barnes & Noble (Greenwich Village)
Wednesday, October 7, 7:30 pm
I should mention that this tour started out with only 5 stops, and has grown to what it is now partly due to your exuberant responses on Facebook. So if you feel that some crime of omission has been committed here, by all means, tell me in the comments.
I'd also like to apologize to my international readers, since as you can see this tour is limited to the U.S. Given my dislike of flying in general - and long flights in particular - I have a hard time feeling TOO bad about this, but I am sorry I won't be able to meet all you lovelies in Australia, the UK, Japan, etc. We may try to stream one of the Q&A sessions online for you, so stay tuned.
And finally, if you think you might join us at one of the venues above, please RSVP - even if it's with a "maybe" - by clicking on the city name. This will help us figure out how much cake, prizes, chairs, etc. to have on hand.
Thanks, guys! I look forward to meeting many of you soon!
UPDATE: WOW. Thanks for the frenzied amount of feedback - I knew I could count on you Wreckies to speak your mind! Just remember that *I* am not the one booking this tour, so no accusing me of hatin' on the southeast/northeast, Ok? And rest assured, the powers-that-be are reading your comments here, so I for one have faith that - no matter what happens - I can always blame the outcome on them. :D
Reader Comments (830)
What - no Arizona? But we're the wreckiest cake capital of the world!
Yes we are.
You've never heard of that you say? Huh. I could have sworn we were.
Well, next time I hope! Have a great time!
Woo hoo! You're coming to Portland! You are going to love Powell's Books -- be prepared to spend some time wandering around the store and taking home some books. Since I almost failed Home Ec over a bad frosting job, maybe I should bring a cupcake or two....
Toronto! Toronto! Include Toronto on your tour!
Come to North Carolina....PUHLEEEZE!
Charlotte, NC would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have you!!!!
no, seriously, what about philadelphia?
i'll ponder the thought of making a 6 hour drive up to san francisco, UNLESS your publishing company would ponder the thought of booking you a 1-hour plane ride from San Fran to the smog-choked celebrity cupcake crazed capital known as Los Angeles.
BOSTON! (or north of Boston!) I mean, half that city is about cake!
What? No Chattanooga, TN? We are the wreckiest place in the world!!
Los Angeles, please?
SAN DIEGO!! Hell, I'll even drive to Hell-A if you would just come further south then San Francisco.
We like cake in Los Angeles too!
Any stops in Ohio in the works? Have to stop in the heartland... try Books & Co. here. My favorite place for book signings. :)
The tour sounds awesome!
Too bad I'm Canadian.
*sob*
Come to NASHVILLE! Davis-Kidd Bookstore would be a perfect place to visit!
Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston Boston.
Please. And thank you.
Pittsburgh would LOVE to have you!!!
Southern California gets nothing? My falkersatherhood is not so happy.
This probably isn't helpful, but, Andrews-McMeel did this with another favorite author of mine--they look at a map and think Petaluma is right there near San Francisco. But. A lot of the Bay Area population lives in a straight line south of San Fran, meaning we'd have to drive through the entire city to get there--we're talking 60 miles for me but three hours each way. Ouch.
Enough of that--congratulations on your book tour! Have a wonderful time!
Canada does not require flying, and Vancouver is only a 2-hour drive away from Seattle.... hint hint.
YES! Orlando! We will be there? Need a Wreck? I can totally wreck something up. :)
What about New England?
I don't know if I will be able to make one of these stops SF is closest, but... I have pre ordered my book so I am anxiously awaiting its arrival!
I work in the "mall" that houses Third Place Books (Seattle). Out of all the book people that have come since I have worked there, you are the first I would go see. However, I will already have left for college in California! Are you sure you can't come in August?! Or switch your San Francisco date to LA? :) Hehe...
Nash-VILLE! Nash-VILLE! Nash-VILLE!
Looks like I'm not alone in wanting you to come here, either!
Well, since I won't be able to do it, I think someone should do a meta-CCC-wreck. Wrecky CCC design on a single cupcake.
Boston, please!
Southern California!!!!!! You can't miss out on the glitz and glam of LA. I'll even bring a cake.
I never comment, but, BOSTON!
Please please please come to Los Angeles! Either San Diego or Las Vegas would work, too. Road trip! Road trip!
No love for Las Vegas/Henderson? I know you would do well here.
Just an FYI, book tour stops are usually decided by publishers. They're expensive. Like insanely so. Most books today don't get a tour at all. A sad publishing fact, but true. And if you do get a tour, you get one with like 3 cities. Literally. (Haha.)
Here's a really good post about it. (not my own, just one I found on the web) http://lit.newcity.com/2009/07/28/book-partying-with-author-tours-waning-we-get-a-read-on-the-state-of-literary-events-in-chicago/
Congrats on the tour, but really? You're going to SF and you're not stopping in LA? How will you take meetings to pitch Cake Wrecks the Movie? But seriously, come to LA.
How exciting to have a book tour!
I'm sure that compliments are getting old by now, but congratulations on all of your success! Cake Wrecks is hilarious and I wish you much luck on book sales!
Orlando regrets that it does not have a proud, independent bookseller of sufficient size to accommodate the ravening horde of fans.
Please don't judge us too harshly after you've seen Powell's in Portland.
Any possible way to stop off in MN? We're up in Canada, and I WOULD be willing to drive down!
Exciting!!! (Pssst, it's spelled calendar.) I'm sad you won't be in Michigan. Especially since I work at a bookstore.
COME TO KNOXVILLE,TN!!!!
Every time an author I love comes to "Chicago", they're at Old Orchard. That's not Chicago. And it's dang far from where I live. But I'll try.
Do these book-tour-organizing people have some kind of beef with downtown Chicago, which is easily accessible via public transit for millions of potential book purchasers? Or do they just know the people by Old Orchard have money?
Sigh.
You know what, though? You're awesome. And you're going on a book tour. For your book. So I should haul my rear across the metro area to see you, because I'm not organized enough to write a whole frickin' book, and I admire you.
What about Pittsburgh? I mean, we're cool enough to get the G20 here, after all.
~Jen :)
Boston Boston Boston!
If you're doing San Fran, and not LA, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO IT ON SUNDAY! I desperately want to come see you, but there's no way I can make it there on a weekday. PLEASE! Thanks. :)
Whuaaaa?! How can you do a US tour and not stop in Los Angeles?! LA man!!
;_; Otherwise, I won't be able to see u at all!! San Francisco is atleast a 7 hour drive away... too far for my poor car! >_<
The powers that be... *slap* You must right this wrong!
How hard is it to get to SOUTHERN California?
Please - you can DRIVE from San Francisco to L.A. in a day. No plan needed. So, pick a spot in Southern California, and let's get it going... 8)
while in chicago - why not take the 20 minute plane and stop in detroit the next day?
we'd love to see you here <3
i would love to meet you (:
and show off my crazy cupcake design.
we love you!
I'd love for you to come to Lexington, KY....or even Cincinnati, OH :) My friends and I would DEFINITELY be there (with cupcakes)!!!!!
How could San Francisco be picked over Los Angeles or San Diego? I'm in San Diego, but would consider driving to Los Angeles to see you . . .
Dammit, why did it have to be in Skokie?
(Does anyone know if there is a train station somewhere near the Chicago B&N?)
YOU MUST COME TO NASHVILLE!! I mean, Lauren Conrad & Miley Cyrus have both touted books at Davis Kidd here in Nashville, so why not YOU?!?
Pretty please?? :) :) :)
No Los Angeles? What are your handlers nuts? Do you people know how many Wreckers and potential Wreckers there are in the Southern California area? I'd even be cool with San Diego or somewhere in the OC (which we never call it, by the way). Please, please make a So Cal appearance? We'd love to meet you!
You should totally come to the Phoenix area. I mean, Arizona is right between California & Colorado... And I know of a few Wreckies here that would love to go!