Meeting Maria V. Snyder (plus interview!)

So on Wednesday I went to the city to meet Maria V. Snyder. I was super excited because I had gotten the chance to interview her and now had my books signed. I also ended up meeting some awesome people who are as obsessed about books as I am. None of my friends read and I have no one to talk/obsess over books with; no one to perv on the hot male leads with. You get the idea. So it's really good to get out there and meet others who like the same books and stuff you do. :)

If I could put my day into short sentences sentences it'd go a bit  like this:

Who gets up at this hour? (I was sick and had previously woken up at ten the last four mornings. Waking up at 7? Yeah...)
Hair!!
Pant-pant-pant, damn hill!
Whoops, I'm lost.
Oh wait, never mind.
OMG IT'S MARIA!1!
Lost. Crap. You got me lost, mother!
Calling Dad isn't helping either.
Oh, look, a Novotel! Let's ask for directions.
OMG I'M HERE.
Om nom nom sandwich!
Interviewing Maria...
I got to see some old friends. :)
Shopping at Broadway Kmart. (I'm classy.)
The Scottish guys behind me said 'sexty' dollars. Giggle.
Back to the library.
Oh hi thar... you like Dimitri? BFFLS.
Photo with Maria.
My legs huuuurt and I'm so tiiiiired.

That was my day. Let me expand if you're confused! :)

I got up early and made sure I had everything ready before going and reading a book until it was time to leave. I live on a hill. At the bottom of it, specifically, so you have to climb a hill to get anywhere. I had to walk fast because my mother had called just as I was leaving and refused to hang up until she had made sure I had money, phone, etc.

After my train gets to Town Hall, I realise... I got out at the wrong exit! Stupid me decided to go around the block in hopes of finding some place familiar-- turns out that I should have just walked down the street. Whoops. So I finally found the bookstore (they had moved to the second storey of another bookstore a few places down from them) and then got my books signed by Maria.

After the signing, I went to Ultimo Library. Thank God I had an hour before the interview or I would've been screwed. My mother 'helpfully' told me the directions (I had a map but it wasn't a  very good one) and sent me in the opposite direction. A call to my dad only made me cry because he kept telling me about a street that was supposed to be right in front of me but I couldn't see it. (Turns out that there wasn't a sign with the name of the street.) I finally just went into a hotel and asked the lady at the front desk for a map and directions. She was very helpful and I finally figured out where the heck I was.

You know the ARRC thing I went to in March? WELL, I met three girls that I had talked with there! Two were from Harlequin and another worked at the Ultimo Library. It was such a big coincidence! :) Anyways, the interview went great and I then headed to Broadway to walk around a bit and make the next few hours pass. I ended up in Dymocks and rolled my eyes when I saw the minimum price for a paperback was like $20. I then went to Kmart-- whose books were much more neatly stacked than my local Kmart!-- and got four books for $30. I got Graffiti Moon ($1-- yes, I know!!)), Heist Society (the old cover; $2), Fairy Bad Day ($12) and Goddess of Troy ($15). Behind me were two cute Scottish/Irish guys (I can't tell the difference between Scots and Irish accents very well, but I'm leaning towards Scottish) were talking about money and one of them said "Sexty dollars" in a sexy accent.

I then went to the library so I could just sit down and read my books before Maria's talk, but ended up spending the hour talking with a girl about books. Cos I'm cool. Then Maria talked (I've already forgotten about what, I was so tired!) and then I got a photo with her.