@MaggieA
I went to a book launch for Kerri Sackville in Canberra a few months ago. Kerri had written a book – The Little Book of Anxiety – and she came to the Paperchain Bookstore in Manuka and well, she was lovely. I’ve been reading her blog and following her tweets for years so, you know, I felt like if I got to meet her we would totally be BFFs forever.
But I got stage-fright when I met her (as she was signing my copy of her book) and I couldn’t overcome my anxiety (how ironic) and say hello, I’m @eatshootblog and I know if you got to know me we would totally be BFFs forever. And she would look at me and smile and say to herself I totally know what I’m going to write about next: crazy stalker fans. I’m so glad I didn’t say anything.
So the point of this blog post is to let you know that Maggie Alderson (Maggie! Alderson!) is coming to Canberra and despite the near certainty that I will make a fool of myself I am going to her book launch and I am going to say hello, I’m @eatshootblog, and you are the reason I wanted to be a writer.
It’s true. Well, partly true. The other part is that I was also reading Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert a few years ago and that book got me all fired up to Do Something With My Life. The thing I had thought that I might like to do was to write a book, something that might appeal to the same women who read and love Maggie Alderson’s books. So with the inspiration to do it, and a half-baked plot, I sat down, tried to channel Maggie Alderson, and I wrote a book.
And I would just like to say hi, I’m Trish, aka @eatshootblog, and you have inspired me to do something that has brought me such an enormous amount of joy and satisfaction and I will always be very grateful. Also, I love your books. And would you like to go out for a cocktail after?
isn’t it funny how some people you warm to and some you don’t – that Kerri strikes me, has struck me for a long time, as someone I couldn’t bear to be in the company of for anything over 2 mins, but Maggie sounds cool. I like her.
I don’t know her personally, but we’ve laughed at each other’s jokes on Twitter, and I know a couple of people who know her and they say she’s quite lovely so that’s good enough for me. Maybe she can be my BFF after all.
Oh how fab would cocktails with Maggie be? Can so relate to the book signing stage fright, but cocktails with Maggie? Go for it baby!
You can’t have a cocktail with Maggie you are meant to be having dinner with me! I suppose we could ask Maggie along?!
I think I’m going to.
Go for it! *waves pom-poms* !!