City Birds Country Birds
So, I have a second book out.
It's called City Birds/Country Birds and it helps you attract birds no matter where you live, whether it's out in a remote area like Mr. Neil or in a metro area like me. Cardinal Corner has offered to have the book release party and signing--I'll be at both stores (and will bring Cinnamon too) August 23, 2008.
Book Signing Times:
August 23, 2008:
Cardinal Corner in West St. Paul Store (651-455-6556) 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cardinal Corner in Newport (651-459-3880) 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
I haven't really talked about this book as much and I've been trying to figure out why. I think for one thing, I'm nervous. With my first book, Disapproving Rabbits, I really didn't have anything invested in it. It was a happy accident--or winning the Internet lottery. We had the site up for fun, Harper Collins emailed and bada bing, bada boom, it's a book. I am so grateful that so many people enjoy the book and the website, but it is not my passion the way birds are my passion. It's one thing to tell your peers you have a humor book out about rabbits, quite another that you have an actual bird book out that they could knowledgeably critique.
I did feel some relief when I was at the American Birding Association Convention a few weeks ago and they people who run the book store said that they plan on carrying it in their catalog (whew) and last week while out celebrating my birthday, Non Birding Bill and I found it at Magers and Quinn--which I felt a personal victory because they never carried Disapproving Rabbits. I also showed it to the banding crew at Carpenter and got the best compliment from the senior banders: "You did good."
It's called City Birds/Country Birds and it helps you attract birds no matter where you live, whether it's out in a remote area like Mr. Neil or in a metro area like me. Cardinal Corner has offered to have the book release party and signing--I'll be at both stores (and will bring Cinnamon too) August 23, 2008.Book Signing Times:
August 23, 2008:
Cardinal Corner in West St. Paul Store (651-455-6556) 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cardinal Corner in Newport (651-459-3880) 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
I haven't really talked about this book as much and I've been trying to figure out why. I think for one thing, I'm nervous. With my first book, Disapproving Rabbits, I really didn't have anything invested in it. It was a happy accident--or winning the Internet lottery. We had the site up for fun, Harper Collins emailed and bada bing, bada boom, it's a book. I am so grateful that so many people enjoy the book and the website, but it is not my passion the way birds are my passion. It's one thing to tell your peers you have a humor book out about rabbits, quite another that you have an actual bird book out that they could knowledgeably critique.
I did feel some relief when I was at the American Birding Association Convention a few weeks ago and they people who run the book store said that they plan on carrying it in their catalog (whew) and last week while out celebrating my birthday, Non Birding Bill and I found it at Magers and Quinn--which I felt a personal victory because they never carried Disapproving Rabbits. I also showed it to the banding crew at Carpenter and got the best compliment from the senior banders: "You did good."
Labels: City Birds Country Birds
posted by birdchick at 8:49 AM
5 Comments:
Congratulations, Sharon!! We'll look for it around here-- can't wait to read it!
Go, Sharon!! Hurrah for you! It's hard to put work you feel really serious about out there for the first time (heck, I feel sick just submitting short pieces to places). It looks like a really good book-- I'm looking forward to picking it up! :)
Congratulations!
Congrats on getting this book out! You're really cranking out the literature--especially with a bee book in the works. Will you be "bookchick" soon?
Yay Sharon. Congratulations... I am looking forward to reading it. We are on an acre but close into town so we get mostly city birds, but I am always trying to plant more stuff that attracts them and to make areas for them. We are also on the west coast fly way so we have migratory birds going through too.
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