This time, my fellow Hound, Gambit, dragged me by the collar
to Wild Detectives Book Store. The books store is in an old part of town
that is slowly becoming cool and hip again. The store itself is a house that
has been repurposed into a coffee house/book store/microbrewery beer stop. The house
is one story. It MAY be 500 square feet.
It does not sell mainstream nor best
seller books. It’s artsy/farsty and pretentious. That’s intended purpose so it
works.
Joe spoke. He read from the book. He answered questions. He signed. An easy going man with an impressive resume
of books. He was humorous and entertaining. As he answered questions, you could
tell his fans were hard core and wanted to know the minutiae of his stories and
characters.
As he spoke, he mentioned something about movie rights and
how to treat them. Basically, take the check and cash it but don’t bank on a
movie being made. It reminded me of what John Steakly had said on the same
topic. When I handed my books over, I mentioned
that to Joe. He said he only met John a few times. Then I had to add, I wasn’t
trying to disrespect him by talking about another author at his signing. I just
was sharing a common thought. Joe didn’t
take it in a negative way. He added a few more kind works about Steakly and I left.
AH
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