May 12, 2006
shipping prints
[Sam of Stormhoek UK, helping me get some prints shipped off to the US Geek Dinners.]
I signed a couple of hundred prints today. And I signed a couple of hundred yesterday. And the day before. Phew!
Wine. Prints. Geek Dinners. Somehow it all fits nicely together.
A relative of mine is a neighbor of Robert Waller, the guy who wrote the bestseller, "Bridges of Madison County", which was a huge book 10 or so years ago. This is what my relative told me:
To make a long story short, when the book took off he spent the next couple of years basically on a perpetual book tour, signing hundreds of books a day, sometimes thousands, with very little time off.
I cannot remember how many books he signed in the end, but it was well over million. Maybe as much as ten million. I just remember it being a staggering figure.
The poor man can no longer hold a pen. All the signing buggered up his hand permanently.
I'm beginning to feel his pain. Literally.
That being said, I'm loving it.
Posted by hugh macleod at May 12, 2006 9:18 AM | TrackBackoh how I wish I could go to that dinner!
now how long till one of your signed prints ends up on eBay?
just type in " far side" and you have the same but more creativity involved. doodles are great but they have to evolve into something sooner or later or they are just boring pen doodles anyone can do.
Posted by: jim at May 12, 2006 9:34 PMagreed, john, anyone CAN do them ;-)
Posted by: hugh macleod at May 13, 2006 12:04 AMJust remember not to sign so many.
Posted by: Jane at May 13, 2006 10:44 AMI snagged a sign print at Syndicate. THANKS. ;)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/somewhatfrank/147975654/