I was hanging out with my sci fi geek friends and I saw that
Gini was signing. She had a nice line of fans waiting for autographs. Many of
them were bringing well read books. I waited
until she was done with her fans and then I walked up. I barely said ‘hi, I saw you at ComicCon’
when she popped up out of her chair and came around to hug me. She told me I wasn’t all sweaty now. She did remember the previous encounter. I leaned over (I kinda towered over her) and
hugged her and took care not to knock her pink cowboy hat off.
I looked over to see my friends smiling at they watched on
with amusement. They know I’m not a big touchy feely person but they saw me obediently
hugging this good natured redheaded Svengali. This was incredibly entertaining
for them.
My intent was to just lean over and say ‘hi’ and then
leave. A verbal hit and run. Since I was the end of the line, Gini started
chatting. Once again I was swirling in
her whirlpool. I was powerless.
Since I didn’t have any books for her, she started signing promotional
postcards from the books she wrote. As she
wrote I tried to chat and not distract her.
We had Arizona in common although in different parts. Spouses
don’t always come to these shows as it’s not really there thing. Tex-Mex versus Mexican food. And we talked about how we may be able to
listen and type but we can’t talk and type at the same time. What we say is
what we type. It’s interesting where a conversation will go on its own accord
without interruptions.
Since she was signing 9 postcards, she took a lot of time
with me and I felt guilty. She told me
since no one was asking her to give up her seat, I shouldn’t mind. When she finished we hugged again. It was good to see her.
My friends met me not far from her table and they were laughing.
I hoped Gini didn’t think they were laughing
at her. They were laughing at me because they knew I was just slightly outside
my comfort zone. They were also jealous
that an author was interested in seeing me and not them.
So, once again I survived the energetic Gini Koch. As long as she uses her powers for good the
world will be a safer place…
AH
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