The Carolina Moon Tour - Darla's Story
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I drive up to Dallas from San Antonio to meet up with KarenL. I'll leave out a whole bunch here, except to say that Karen's a wonderful person, &, fortunately, TALKATIVE, because otherwise we'd have just gotten our books signed & left.
Arrive early at the mall, Karen's brought a nice selection of bath salts for Nora but picks up a pretty little bag of Godiva for her as well. I have my favorite Lindt chocolate. Mosey on over to the Waldenbooks & get in line about an hour ahead of time, chat with the ladies in line---including one who was confused about who Nora was (talked about early historical books she'd written about real people??). Glance over & Nora's in the store! She sneaked in right behind us while we weren't looking. She gets spirited off to the back room, apparently to sign stock & we resume chatting.
7:00 finally arrives & Nora appears. The book store isn't set up for a discussion or Q & A (darn), so she starts right in signing. We're (according to Karen) # 6 & 7 in line, & Karen introduces herself as a BB, mentions the onelists, & reminds her about the scented stones. She then hauls out paper & pen & proceeds to request details about the clothes, jewelry, & shoes. The book store rep seems to think this is a bit odd, but Nora says, "no, they'll really want to know this". Comments on the boards & says "Don't we have FUN?!" And when Karen's checking to make sure she has all the fashion details down, Nora says "Well, I'm not wearing much of anything else!" & laughs. Don't remember what else was said, I'm still pretty much tongue-tied & awestruck. Karen asks if I took a picture (I managed one---LOL), so Nora asks if I'd like one with her---
We go back in the store, gulp down a couple of cups of lemonade, wander around a while, then remember we never did ask about the cone-shaped thingy from Witness. And I didn't point out that I was the Darla that wasn't a bimbo. This simply won't do. So we get back in line. LOL Second time through, Nora looks a bit surprised when there's no book for her to sign, & Karen says we forgot to ask a couple of questions. First, what WAS that cone-shaped thing, & what did Roarke do with it? Nora "assumes he used it." But what WAS it? Nora looks Karen right in the eye, & says, "Do you think I know all about sexual devices??" yes, Karen does think so. rofl.. Then she tells Nora I'm the Darla who's not a bimbo---Nora looks up, laughs, & says "I don't know why I did that"
The rest of the conversation was pretty much a blur. I really have to thank Karen for being my guide & host & for doing all the talking!!
Okay?? Does that get me off the hook?
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