My boss had her son at work. He stopped by and started
telling me about a book he was reading. He went into great detail. He easily
spent 15 minutes on the plot and the characters and the backstory. The book really entertained him. The book was Uglies by Scott Westerfeld.
A week before SDCC, I’m doing my research and I’m checking out
the Mysterious Galaxy website. They always have a nice selection of authors that sign
at their booth. I always end up stopping by. I always end up buying a book and getting it
signed. So I’m always interested with who
they will have at their booth.
This year they were having Scott Westerfeld. The author I had
never heard of until my boss’s little one decided to bend my ear and clue me in
on this New York Times Best Selling author.
This immediately made my ‘to do’ list.
I figured I can get a copy for myself and the boss’s son.
Thursday, I found the Mysterious Galaxy booth and stood in
the short line. I told the staff that I wanted to buy a couple of books from
the Uglies series and they gave a t-shirt for each one I bought. Sadly, this was the best swag I got the whole
show.
When Scott Westerfeld signed the books, I had to tell him
why I was there: because a young man decided to talk to me and tell me about this
book/world he was reading. Scott nodded
appreciatively. You could tell he
wondered if he should say anything. It’s
an odd story to relate and it was ComicCon, so you never knew who was coming
out of the woodwork. I knew that look
and I knew it was time to go. I smoothly said my goodbyes and left.
When I got back to work, I gave my boss a signed book and a
t-shirt. A few days later, the young one
appeared in my cube and asked if I was busy.
I stopped and turned to face him. He formally thanked me. We chatted a little more and then he formally
stuck his out his hand. Trying not to
laugh, I took his hand and we shook. I thought it was a great gesture. It was only
funny because it was so formal. I tried
to share the credit and told the young man that if he didn’t tell me about the
book, I would have missed this opportunity. He nodded but I’m not sure if he understood.
Just then my boss came by and rescued him. It’s hard for little ones to hang out with
adults; especially adults they don’t know.
I really do think he needs to
share the credit for talking to me and letting me know about this author.
AH
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