E.F. Watkins -- Danu's Children, *signed*!

[realthog]

After all the excitement of our day out last Saturday (of which more anon, once I get all my pics in a row), we had a quieter time of it Sunday. We did, though, make an expedition to attend the launch party thrown in a Universalist hall (of all places) by the wonderful E.F. Watkins for her new novel, Danu's Children. Here's Eileen signing a copy for Pam and myself --





-- and here's the hi-tech cake she'd managed to obtain through the bakery dept of her local A&P supermarket:





The cake, as well as looking good, tasted pretty delicious . . . but not as delicious as the book promises to be, judging by a quick shooftie through it I had when we got home. My guess is it'll get read pretty soon after I've cleared the decks of the current little heap of books I'm working my way through.

A highlight of the party was the arrival of a cop. Apparently they'd received an anonymous call complaining of all the noise and raucous music going on. He was surprised to find a bunch of people who were for the most part . . . um, "not precisely in their first flush of youth" is probably the most decorous way of expressing this. He was also startled to discover that the "raucous music" had been playing while he'd been explaining his mission and he hadn't heard it because of the sound of his own voice -- it was that quiet. "Nutjobs," he elaborated sotto voce concerning, presumably, the anonymous caller.

Pam of course suggested he should buy a copy of the book, which notion was met with a stony stare. Later I pointed out to Eileen that here, surely, was the linchpin to her press release about the party: ". . . and at one stage the police had to be called . . ."

Incidentally, Eileen and I are going to be two of the participants in an authors' panel next Tuesday (7.00pm -- put it in your calendar!) at Ringwood Public Library, Ringwood, NJ. Certainly there'll be copies on sale of Danu's Children . . . not to mention various trifles of mine own.

Comments

[quilterbear.livejournal.com]

And here I thought you'd had Danu "fixed"!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Mother Goddesses can get round these minor difficulties.

[plattcave.livejournal.com]

Yay for Eileen!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Yay for Eileen indeed!

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

How totally awesome!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

It is, isn't it? I'm thinking of demanding illustrated cakes in places of author copies in all my future contracts . . .

[sci-o-biscuits.livejournal.com]

Ha! Cop shows up to bust a raucous book party! That's great!

Love the cake - very nice. How was it created? (ie, how did the baker create the book cover on it?)

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"How was it created?"

Naturally, this was the first question to cross my mind, too. For some reason, though, Eileen declined to let me take it apart for purposes of analysis. It looked as if the photo had been screenprinted onto the surface using food-colouring dyes as inks.

Of course, I'm now desperate to commission one for my own next book. When/if I'm allowed to do so (it may be prohibitively expensive), I'll try to get the technical details out of the baker.

[sci-o-biscuits.livejournal.com]

It must be painful to eat the cake and thus destroy the image of the book cover.

If you ever learn how they made the cake, let me know.