{"id":1565,"date":"2018-03-16T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jajance.com\/Blog\/?p=1565"},"modified":"2018-03-15T19:24:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T02:24:53","slug":"do-i-have-a-link-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jajance.com\/Blog\/2018\/03\/16\/do-i-have-a-link-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I Have a Link for You"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s that rare thing in the middle of a book tour\u2014a relatively quiet morning on the book tour. \u00a0I\u2019m sitting here in my chair in Tucson with the lap top on my lap and a dog cuddled up next to me in a chair that was measured for that very purpose\u2014big enough to hold both a dog and a human at the same time. \u00a0It\u2019s gray and overcast outside, the kind of day my childhood friend, Pat McAdams Hall, and I used to call \u201cdill and lustless.”\u00a0 (My auto-correct truly didn\u2019t like that one!) \u00a0In half an hour or so, it will be time to go wash and iron my hair and set off for the next event.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I did an interview for the local ABC affiliate, KGUN. \u00a0It was a fun interview. \u00a0I watched a taped version of it on our big screen TV last night and I can tell you High Definition TV isn\u2019t kind to women north of seventy. \u00a0But there you are. \u00a0Let\u2019s see, how does that old limerick go?<\/p>\n

As a beauty I\u2019m not a great star.
\nThere are others more handsome by far,
\nBut my face\u2014I don\u2019t mind it
\nFor I am behind it.
\nIt\u2019s the people out front that I jar.<\/p>\n

My publicist in New York just sent me a link to the interview. \u00a0\u00a0Given what I said above, you\u2019ll probably be surprised that I\u2019m going to include it here, but seeing it will give people who don\u2019t have a chance to come to book tour events the opportunity to see the kinds of things they\u2019re missing. \u00a0And if you watch the clip on a small screen as opposed to a big one, those pesky and very visible signs of aging aren\u2019t quite so apparent. \u00a0Here\u2019s the link:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.kgun9.com\/morning-blend\/bestselling-mystery-author-ja-jance-talks-about-her-new-book<\/a><\/p>\n

At events I try to give attendees some idea about who I am and some insight into the origins of some of my characters. \u00a0I try to make it fun\u2014more like a visit with a friend as opposed to a lecture.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been sitting here for a very long time, staring at the computer screen and wondering what to write. \u00a0If that\u2019s not the very definition of writer\u2019s block, I don\u2019t know what is. \u00a0Since I\u2019ve evidently got nothing pithy or bright or cheery to say, I\u2019m better off saying nothing at all\u2014a version of Thumper\u2019s father\u2019s sage advice.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019m signing off for now. Obviously the Tucson Festival of Books (four panels and six signings over two days) left me needing two robe days this week rather than just one.<\/p>\n

See you on the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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