Yesterday the Kannapolis Library held a book fair with local
authors on hand to talk about their writing and answer questions from readers; many of whom have read some of these books and showed up to meet the
authors. I’m one of those. I showed up for Eddie Ray, a local celebrity and
somewhat of an icon in the world of music. His achievements are too long to
list here, so I will simply direct you to two sites; the first the Wikipedia
link to his life; and second to the home of the NC Music Hall of Fame, of which
Mr. Ray is Vice Chairman. (The title doesn’t mean a thing – so let’s just say
that he is the heart and soul of the place.)
Eddie’s book, “Against All Odds”, is an aptly titled and
personal story of his life. I first became acquainted with Mr. Ray just after
he had begun working on it about 5 years ago and was privileged to watch
it grow from a few pages to the wonderful book which it became. Here are the
two links;
And here’s one more about the book itself. I like this one a
lot because it has a rather prominent quote from my review and a link back to
this site. (Ouch! I just hurt my back while patting it!)
This was not the usual type of meet the author book signing;
rather it was comprised of a number of separate tables for each author to meet
with readers and discuss their books with the readers in a different fashion. Instead of a long
program of several hours, each author on the program above got their own space
and new readers could pick and choose which ones they wanted to meet. In this
way the library was able to accommodate the many local authors who wanted to
attend.
Check your local libraries for these types of events. They offer a chance to meet with authors in a more relaxed setting than a book store signing. Somehow; even in this day and age; the library seems to lend them an extra level of legitimacy that cannot be found in a normal commercial environment.
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