Our Noe Valley book party was a success! We had our biggest audience and sold more books and ginger/gingerphile t-shirts than ever. Le Zinc French Bistro served a lovely sauvignon blanc and cotes du rhone and several delicious trays of hors d'oeuvres. It was great to see friends from as far away as the North Bay and the Peninsula and just as wonderful to see friends from Noe Valley, USA, as well as elsewhere in San Francisco. We played The Ginger History Game. The answers were: 7, Moby Dick, Herman Melville, and Napoleon Bonaparte. Don't you wish you knew what the questions were?
When you begin publishing, you hope strangers will find their way to your book but in truth it is your friends who find it first. They are your first level of support. I feel so grateful to our friends who have come to our first three book events and hope friends in the East Bay and New York will come out as well. Our final three events will be a test though. Will people show up who don't know us but are intrigued by the book or think the party sounds like fun or the panel interesting? We feel encouraged to try to make it happen.
For the last year, the Ginger Choo Choo has been traveling under the steam of Rick and David but now it's moving forward on the push push of our friends. Blanche may have depended on the kindness of strangers but, luckily, David and I do not.
And now a few words about the next stop. Win! Free! Books! Win a $20 Amazon book gift card if you're the first to answer this question correctly:
What literary connection do Paris and Oakland have?
Come see us Tuesday, Nov. 6, 5:30 to 7:30 pm at Farley's East, 33 Grand in Oakland's Uptown District, an easy walk from the BART stop at 19th Street, with plenty of street parking nearby.
Preview our book at http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3577527
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