Monday, November 5, 2007

Wow! Someone Is Reading My Book Right Now!

Ok, not really, but to me that would be cool. I just got Lottery by Patricia Wood in the mail today. I don't know why I was so excited to get it, but I was. I guess because the Author once posted a comment on my blog. How in the world she found me, I have no idea. I've visited her blog several times... What a neat lady. So anyway, I mostly read Fantasy, but the description of her story sounded so compelling, I had to buy it. I even paid full price at Amazon though I usually buy used ones. Hey she seems like a neat lady, I want to help all I can.

So I stared reading at around noon. At 1:30 I emailed her to tell her she made me cry. Me a 40 year old man, sobbing at the kitchen table while eating lunch. Within an hour I get an email back from her, saying she always finds it gratifying to make grown men cry.

Then I got to thinking how cool it would be, as an author, to know that somewhere half way around the world, someone was at this very moment reading a story I wrote. Do I have a big ego or what?

So Pat, if you somehow stumble on this blog again, here's to hoping that you get joy out of knowing I spent almost all afternoon reading Lottery, when I should have been working. So far, I love it. For everyone else out there, I highly recommend it. Buy it now!

16 comments:

ORION said...

Your wish is my command!
She's everywhere! She's everywhere!
I'm SO happy you are enjoying LOTTERY!
Now you have to decide whether this is happy circumstance or I'm stalking you...

Gay said...

I'm here because Pat sent me. I've already bought ten copies, and had her sign a whole bunch of them for my friends. (Ssshhh! Half of them are Christmas gifts!) Great book, isn't it? Hope you get to meet her. She's even cooler than the book.

Kim Rossi Stagliano said...

Pat told me to bring you a box of tissue and a copy of "Steel Magnolia's." She's very naughty. Isn't Lottery a magnificent story? I want to know what happens to Perry now! Pleased to meet you! Swing by my place and say hello!

KIM

Les said...

I read and loved the book, too. I'm not a 40-year-old man, but I cried, too. My review is here if you're interested.

D. Robert Pease said...

Wow, this is some kind of record for me. Four comments from four different people. I know, I know you didn't come because of my writing, but hey, I'll take what I can get. And yes, I'd love to meet Pat some day, in Hawaii. (Hawaii is the only state I haven't been to, and I desperately want to go some day.) Thanks again Pat for Lottery.

Chris Eldin said...

Oh, this IS a great book!!

This is great timing too. I will be hosting an "Author's Weekend" on my blog this weekend (Nov 9-11). Patricia Wood will be around on Saturday.

Fun, contests, prizes, laughter, and hobnobbing with famous authors!!

Please drop by and share your story!! :-)

Cheers,

Lisa R said...

Pat asked me to comment and say Aloha, so Aloha. I've been blessed to know Pat for nearly 14 years and I can tell you that she is a great person. Lottery is a terrific read and you'll LOVE the ending.

Aprilynne Pike said...

Pat's minions are descending!!!!:)

Aloha from all of us over at Pat's camp.:) So glad you liked her book. It just shows that you are a man of impeccable taste.;)

Melissa Amateis said...

LOTTERY is an amazing book, isn't it? I absolutely loved it! (And I cried, too!)

Alan aka Avrum ben Avrum said...

i've not read her book but pat did visit my blog and i reciprocated. she left a very generous comment. that's how i got here.

alan

www.thebookofben.blogspot.com
www.writersstockintrade.blogspot.com

kookie said...

Pat sent me too. There, there. Glad to see so many people enjoyed the book as much as I did.

Holly Kennedy said...

I followed everyone over from Pat's blog. I'm a friend of hers, a fellow author who's published two novels and has another in production. I enjoyed Lottery as much as you have. Congrats on stumbling across such a good read! Take care from Canada :)

Lindsey in Hawaii "OUT OF BREATH" a work in progress said...

When you finish "Lottery", find "The Tin Box" by Holly Kennedy. Another great and well crafted book. You won't be sorry.

Bernita said...

My humble person was one of the first to blog-review Lottery.
It IS a lovely, lovely book.

Linda C. McCabe said...

Aloha!

Polly Kahl said...

Don't worry about the crying, it happens to the best of us when we read Lottery. Male, female, tenderhearted, jaded, it matters not. And don't forget to save some of those kleenex for your rental of Beaches. It's on the must-do list of things to keep us Pat Woods fans busy until her next tome is published.