blog post 2 in 1 The principle is to be great to fill in what has been promised to write may have, if you look closely, a faint edge. We can group the subjects, making paper 2 in 1 shampoo and conditioner in the same post, say thank you to the hostess (who is not even hairdresser, what are you thinking here ...)
Today we'll be in the role of the shampoo, the book fair in Brussels, and in that of the conditioner, the book fair in Paris.
First remark: the fair takes place in a beautiful building. Well, obviously, next to the meeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrveilleuse architecture of the exhibition center Porte de Versailles in Paris, it does not measure up, but if we take a grid side "beauty" instead of taking a side "ugliest you die ", Brussels wins hands down. The building "
Tour and Taxis " as it is called, is the former customs building. It has been well restored and we are very happy. Those who dare have seen in real life, admit that it has to face. So for the building: Brussels 1 / 0 Paris
No, actually, and then I stop immediately count the points before even really begun.
Brussels and Paris, it was different here. Neither better nor worse: different. So I will soon be much bothered to assign one point to one thing or thingy. So I go illico rotten situation in which I found myself alone, and I stop counting. I'd rather me play time. This is an idea that is good, original and everything.
(but the building "tours and taxis" is really, really, much nicer than the Paris Exhibition Grounds)
In Chronologisant, Brussels comes first. And uh, well, actually, it was great, from A to Z. There. Move along, I made my report.
... But no, oh la la, not grumble, OK, I am developing.
Squaring a personal stand on the fair. Authors and Publishers (recall that are Quadraturiens 7) intersect here, get to know one, drink it blows, it dédicacent books and / or explain the operation and the calling of the publisher. There are exchanges 'internal', among authors published in quadrature, or between authors and publishers, and then there are the trade "external", with people passing on the show. People who come to see you, because you came across on forums or have heard of you. And those who stop, like this, by the way, and you say 'go, I'm tempted, joy of discovery! . Quadrature on the stand, we pass a good time, and we saw many beautiful things.
Then there is also what happens outside the booth. And there inevitably, we will not go into the shameful secret, but say that Brussels is a beautiful city in which to wander. That eating a waffle at Liege Dandoy as a breakfast is a pleasure of high quality. And dinner on Saturday evening at Berengaria, was a pure moment of well-being, both the content bases for people with whom he shared.
Voili. So I said, 'great A to Z ". You understand better now? He even beautiful. This means if we were good.
Edit: After judicious suggestion of Margaret (who was in Brussels is whether she knows what she's involved), you will receive ZE story of the fair, because after all, had to do this one, um ... Friday evening there is night at the fair, and cocktail on the stands. So we were drinking a shot in the right mood. Suddenly a lady approached me, obviously interested to buy books (for a while she talked with other people at the booth). And she said: "I have more cash ... Do you have a good contact?" Er ... Ben how to say ... Not too bad, I think, but what is the connection with the cash? You need to go and speak nicely to a distributor? your banker? ... I take my best smile in response to the lady "pardon?". And as she repeated exactly the same sentence, I do not understand more the second time that the first (when one is blocked, eh), I take my second best smile and say "I do not understand, excuse me" . And there, the lady looked at me with eyes revolver, and told me very curtly: "you mock me? I ask you if you have a good contact." Moment of solitude ... Fortunately, Stephen came to my rescue, told the lady that "no no, we did not like it," the lady is furious and offended party (buy not my book, this lady) and I learned that in the wake BENCH contact in Belgium, it was a machine card. Vala. 'm Less stupid now ... Paris is different. The lounge and I are not great friends. Gigantism is not my cup of tea, and gigantic issue, there's plenty to do. But this year, I spent a great time. I have not seen much of the show itself, but I saw lots of people I love. And that's good. Meeting friends of the forum, re-encounter with some good band Quadrature (3 publishers and another author). Meeting of Mr.
Flipo only cross through the net so far. Walk on the stand "a black
so blue," and that of "the workshop of the ford
. I bought the last book of short stories by Francoise Guerin, and did some scouting for future spending when I mopped the financial restrictions of post-maternity leave-in-liberal.
Oh, also, I also had a book signing, from 18h to 19h. Rather quiet, eh, that meeting. But it does not matter, we began talking, it was good.
Re-sail.
I know, I still do a little pleased with the crib, to be satisfied with everything all the time. But hey, to the point where I am ... And then, I'm not on TV, so I promise you I never look Michel Drucker. What would it be if ...
