Normally I am against the idea of Bellevue, Washington. It is full of strip malls and McMansions, sterile office parks, and SUVs used only to commute from one’s McMansion to one’s sterile office park. Years ago, I saw a teenage skate rat wearing a t-shirt that said “Bellevue Sucks” and I have always agreed.

HOWEVER. Can I just say I heart the Barnes and Noble in downtown Bellevue?

That is because they are featuring my book prominently on their “Favorite Fiction” table smack dab in the middle of the store, where its comic-book style cover is sure to catch the eyes of the culture-starved highly-cultured and tasteful Bellevue masses! (This discovery due to a hot tip from local scenester Ken.)

OK, OK, so the table doesn’t actually say “Favorite Fiction.” It says “Fiction.” However, the friendly store manager who helped me sign the copies (and, who I might add, greeted me with just the right tone of “Oh hello you are an author, I am so thrilled to meet you!”-respect) said that that table represented the “favorite fiction” in the store, or, in other words, the “books that do really well here.”

(Of course, I am secretly paranoid they put it out there to get rid of it, but if so, wouldn’t it be in a little rack with a bunch of other books that no one wants, with a sign that says “50 cents?”)

Anyway, if I could just go around the country visiting bookstores that stock my book and signing copies, I would be happy. Never mind the reading and talking to audiences part, although I love that too. It’s just very exciting to see my book so prominently featured and such a thrill to sign those copies, and, as you can see despite all my whining I am not completely jaded on this whole author thing so maybe I will keep on being a writer after all.