What's your sign?

While raising two kids, sending out a half dozen resumes, organizing two writing workshops and writing and submitting three children's stories just this week alone, I've also been stewing on what exactly a talented writer/poet writes in their first anthology piece. Something poetic...something funny...something inspiring...something humourly poetic and inspiring. I've been thinking of searching the internet, the bible, the newspaper, trying to find that perfect something to write on my single, solitary page.

My poem is called Just Believe and it is meant to inspire people to believe in themselves.

So when I sit down at the front of a long line of anxious fans holding their breath anticipating a real, authentic, genuine autograph by such a famous artiste as myself (ahem), I would like to sign something other than, well, my name.

Perhaps "Believe"..."Never Stop Believing"...."Just Believe".

Anyway, I thought I'd start a thread to find out what you all are signing for your anxious fans. It'll be fun to see what comes out of you lot!

kim

I think we all feel that way!! The local news radio station sometimes interviews local authors, as done a local tv station. If I have to do an interview, I'm hoping that they're going to tell me all of the questions far in advance so I can come across as more than a studdering, stammering embarassment to the literary world.

Ideally, I would love to just sit back and watch everyone do the publicity without me....maybe point the Ottawa media to the American media when I absolutely must and only in an email. However, I was born with a tremendous amount of guilt and, as the only writer in Canada's capital, if I were to take that backseat approach, I probably would feel really bad knowing that there was a huge market that was missed b/c of my pride (the second tremendous amount of something I was born with). I would love to tell ChunkyC that I can't approach radio/tv media b/c I have a cold (cough) and a sore elbow and toe (I really do, actually, from a terrible parked-bicycle accident).

So, I will; and the more prepared I am, the more comfortable I will feel (maybe).

kim

maestrowork said:

People always spell my name wong.

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*snort*

...breathe.....phew!...funny...

Shwebb said:

You mean people might actually want my name signed on a piece of paper for something other than paying bills?

Maybe I ought to put more into signing my checks. Instead of just putting my signature on 'em, perhaps I'll put something like, "Don't ever stop being you!" right above my name.

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...hilarious! And include an "x" and "o" for good measure!


Rhymegirl, I just happened to watch the Hitch-hiker's Guide last night....did you steal that "Love and Kisses" idea from Zaphod?!

kim