February is leaping out of the gate. I have three events on three weekends this month. The weekend of Valentine’s Day, I am going to Rocksprings, Texas, to revisit the hotel my grandparents owned. It’s the hundredth anniversary of the building of the hotel, originally constructed by hand tools. Before my grandparents owned it, it had to serve as a hospital for influenza victims, and then a tornado destroyed most of it. But it was rebuilt bigger and better, and my grandparents owned it for many years. This is a nostalgic trip.

The next weekend is very different! On Feb. 20, I’m signing at the Firewheel Barnes and Noble in Garland, Texas, with Kevin Hearne, Jaye Wells, Delilah Dawson, and Rachel Caine at 2:00 p.m. You can get wristbands for this event by presenting a receipt for one of the books starting at 9:00 a.m. the day of the signing. This is going to be a fun event, I have no doubt.

The next weekend, Feb. 25-28, I’ll be in Nacogdoches, Texas, at the Nacogdoches Film Festival, with Joe Lansdale and (I’m sure) a slew of other people. I’ve never been to a film festival, even a low-key one like this, so I’m stoked. And I’ll have a book signing there, though I haven’t firmed my schedule yet.

I truly enjoy doing events and meeting people. But it does absorb a LOT of energy. And you never know what people are going to say. I might predict it correctly ninety-five percent of the time, but that remaining five percent is going to provide me with stunning – or possibly delightful -- moments.

I look forward to March . . . my March calendar is beautifully empty. Femmes, are you hitting the signing trail in February?

Charlaine Harris

Comments

[catriona]

I started on January the 9th! (acting a dire warning to budding writers at the California Writers Conference). Since then it's been bookclubs and libraries, low-key and lovely. But coming up is . . . Left Coast Crime (25th-28th). Less low-key but just as lovely.

[Dean James]

I will be in Houston at Murder by the Book on February 27th to sign my latest book, NO CATS ALLOWED. That's the only travel I have scheduled at the moment.

[Hank Phillippi Ryan]

I am ALWAYS on the signing trail. Just got back from florida, then to South Carolina, and then ..I forget. I usually only know what the next trip is, one day at a time.With lots of local libraries in between. And you know, something wonderful happens every time.

Happy and safe travels, everyone!

[Dana]

I did a Noir at the Bar event in NYC during the Baker Street Irregulars Weekend, so I got a double dose of crime-y goodness mid-January!

In just a couple weeks, I'll be at Boskone, an awesome SF/F event in Boston, MA where I'll be on panels on Sherlock Holmes, Jack the Ripper, and writing speculative fiction, as well as reading at a special edition of Noir at the Bar and a selection from my story from THE GRIMM FUTURE anthology.