Debuting in the Midwest
This weekend, I made my midwest debut, aided by a profile in Chicago’s local gay paper The Windy City Times. At a Barnes & Noble on Friday night, I read to a good-sized crowd (25 people or so–not bad for a time slot when most gay men are still taking their disco naps). I decided to read about Toby’s obsession with Real World Guy, figuring that the crowd would appreciate the pop culture references. It went well, and I signed a number of copies for appreciative fans before making a brief stop by SideTrack with my friend Jay, who was the main reason I planned a tour stop in Chicago. On Friday, I also stopped by a number of other bookstores, including the fabulous Unabridged Books in the middle of Boystown–I enjoyed Unabridged so much that I had to come back the next day and do some browsing of my own.