The flyer pretty much says it all:

You can also find more information on the event here. I’m excited, and nervous, and all wound up in general. With a little luck, I’ll be able to give a report sometime next week. I also hope to share a little bit of news as well. We’ll see.

In the meantime, I’m excited, and nervous, and all wound up in general.

Calling all Naples, Florida geeks! Geek Girl Darcy will be doing a book signing at Books-A-Million in Naples, Florida (the one at 2063 Tamiami Trail) from 4 – 6 p.m. on Wednesday, February 3rd.

If you’re in the area, stop by! I hear there’s a possibility for Nerds and Smarties.

And if you’re stuck in the great frozen north (like I am), stop by this weekend. We’ll have a couple chances to win some books.

Things I learned at my book signing:

Kirstin Cronn-Mills, my never camera-shy daughter, me, West Jr. High principal

• Nerds are much more popular than Smarties. (Note level of candy in red bowl vs. blue bowl.)
• Giving away free candy is hard. (Don’t take candy from strangers still runs deep, apparently.)
• Even if you sit at a table with a large stack of the same book, a sign that says you’re signing the book, most people will not realize you’re the author.
• Some of these people will ask for directions to the restroom (straight back, take a left at information, then a right at the blue frog).
• Having someone shake their head and wrinkle their nose after you describe your book to them is more funny than awful.
• Spending fifteen minutes recommending every book you can think of for someone’s reluctant reader son is a lot of fun.
• Talking to a fellow debut author (Kirstin Cronn-Mills) is both fun and therapeutic.
• Signing all the stock is also lots of fun.
• Sitting by the door, during a Minnesota winter is not.

Most important, I learned that it wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be to talk to people and that I’d do this again in a heartbeat.

Through the miracle of modern technology, there will be a Geek Girl book signing in two different states on the same day.

Erm, actually, it’s because there’s two of us.

So, circle December 5th on your calendar. Darcy will be in Chicago and I’ll be in a suburb of Minneapolis, and we’ll both be signing books.

Darcy has two signings in Chicago, one in the early afternoon and one in the evening.

I’ll be signing at the Hopkins West and North Jr. High book fair at Barnes and Noble from 11:00 – 1:30. If you can’t make it then, stop in from 4 – 6 p.m. I’ll be working the gift wrapping table, where I’ll be glad to sign your book and then wrap it for you.

And for more information on Debs signings this holiday season, check out the link below.

Darcy:

December 5th, Holidaze with the Debs:

1-3 p.m.
Borders
161 N. Weber Road
Bolingbrook, IL
Including: Cynthea Liu, Saundra Mitchell, Aprilynne Pike, Kristina Springer, Darcy Vance, Lara Zielin

7-9 p.m.
The Book Cellar, Inc.
4736-38 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL
Including: Cynthea Liu, Saundra Mitchell, Aprilynne Pike, Kristina Springer, Darcy Vance, Lara Zielin

Charity:

December 5th, First annual Hopkins West Jr. High Book Fair:

11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. and 4 – 6 p.m.
Barnes and Noble Ridgehaven Mall
13131 Ridgedale Drive
Minnetonka, MN 55305

The Debs are everywhere this holiday season!

As you can see, Darcy is working overtime on December 5th in Chicago. I guess I will be too, since I’ll be signing–and volunteering–at the fundraising book fair for my son’s Jr. High. You know what that means, don’t you (other than the fact I have ample opportunity to embarrass my offspring)?

Not only will I sign your copy of The Geek Girl’s Guide to Cheerleading, but I will wrap it for you. (Because I’m also scheduled to work the gift wrapping table, if you haven’t already guessed.)

Hope to see you there!

And for more information on Debs signings this holiday season, check out the link below.

Darcy:

December 5th, Holidaze with the Debs:

1-3 p.m.
Borders
161 N. Weber Road
Bolingbrook, IL
Including: Cynthea Liu, Saundra Mitchell, Aprilynne Pike, Kristina Springer, Darcy Vance, Lara Zielin

7-9 p.m.
The Book Cellar, Inc.
4736-38 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL
Including: Cynthea Liu, Saundra Mitchell, Aprilynne Pike, Kristina Springer, Darcy Vance, Lara Zielin

Charity:

December 5th, First annual Hopkins West Jr. High Book Fair:

10 a.m. – 2 p.m. and 4 – 6 p.m.
Barnes and Noble Ridgehaven Mall
13131 Ridgedale Drive
Minnetonka, MN 55305

Take note! Geek Girl Darcy will be at Meet the Author night at the Allen County Public Library this Thursday (October 29th) at 7 p.m. She’ll be doing a reading, then talking about first kisses. She’ll also be signing books and will be on hand to answer your questions about writing and publishing.

Plus! Refreshments will be served. Nothing scary about that. So, if you’re in the Fort Wayne area, get your geek on and come on out.

Just a quick reminder. Darcy will be at the Fort Wayne Public Library (Main branch), tomorrow (that’s Wednesday), October 21 at 10:00.

Celebrate Teen Read Week with Darcy!

Darcy will be at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, IN on Wednesday, October 21st at 10 a.m. to give the Expectations presentation in celebration of Teen Read Week.

And … she’ll be back on October 29^th at 7:00 p.m. for a meet the author night.

If you’re in the Fort Wayne area, stop by! Keep up-to-date with what’s going on in the Young Adults’ Services department here.

Head on over to Elizabeth Scott’s blog today, leave a comment about which not-yet-published YA novel you’re looking forward to, and you could win one of four books, including The Geek Girl’s Guide to Cheerleading.

Also up for grabs: Perfect Chemistry, She’s So Money, and Artichoke’s Heart. Who can say no to free books? I know I can’t. Her contest is open unti Friday, September 25th, at midnight EST.

Speaking of books, I’ll be heading to The Red Balloon Bookshop tonight for fellow Deb Lara Zielin’s signing of Donut Days. I’ll be bringing my kids, and yes, I’ll make my son shower before we leave the house, because nothing can clear a room like that post-football practice stench.

If all goes well, I hope to post some pictures tomorrow and maybe offer up a signed copy? We haven’t had a book giveaway for a while. Can I entice anyone with a copy of Donut Days?

It’s that time of year again. The smell of fresh pencil shavings, ink, paper and the enchanting fragrance of plastic binders fills the air. YES! It’s back to school shopping time! Be still my geek girl heart.

This year I’m getting in on the action. I’ll be at the Glenbrook Mall Barnes & Noble in Fort Wayne from 11-2, signing copies of The Geek Girl’s Guide to Cheerleading and passing on tips for geeking out your school supplies.

Plus! Register to win a D-I-Y ‘Boys In Books are Just Better’ folder and a collection of other enticing supplies.

Use the cash you save by customizing your own supplies to buy new books. We recommend Geek Girls, of course, but if you already have your copy – why not check out one (or all) of the super fresh books released by our fellow Debs this week?

Lipstick Apology by Jennifer Jabaley

Four little words written in lipstick mean Emily must say goodbye to everything she knows. Emily Carson has always been a good girl. So when she throws a party the night her parents leave for vacation, she’s sure she’ll get busted. What Emily doesn’t know is that her parents will never return. That their plane will go down. And the only thing left amidst the wreckage will be a tray table with the words: Emily please forgive me scrawled in lipstick – her mother’s last words.

Now it’s fall in New York City and Emily’s trying to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. Her public tragedy captures the attention of more than just the media – and soon two very different boys at her new school are pursuing her: the cute, popular Owen, and the quirky chemistry partner slash pastry-baker-by-night, Anthony. But even with such delicious distractions, Emily can’t let go of her mother’s mysterious apology. Does she have the courage to face the truth?

With help of a whole new kind of family – one that includes a make-up artist to the stars, a teen hand model, and a wacky hairdresser – Emily must choose between the boy who makes her forget it all, and the one who encourages her to remember, and ultimately, heal.

Donut Days by Lara Zielin

Emma has a lot going on. Her best friend’s not speaking to her, a boy she’s known all her life is suddenly smokin’ hot and in love with her, and oh yes, her evangelical minister parents may lose their church, especially if her mother keeps giving sermons saying Adam was a hermaphrodite.But this weekend Emma’s only focused on Crispy Dream, a hot new donut franchise opening in town, where Harley bikers and Frodo wannabes camp out waiting to be the first ones served.

Writing the best feature story on the camp for the local paper might just win Emma a scholarship to attend a non- Christian college. But soon enough Emma finds the donut camp isn’t quite the perfect escape from all her troubles at Living Word Redeemer.