Hi C,
You know, Mayes and Anne Rice were my professors at SFSU. Well, Rice lectured one day in a class titled, "Writers on Writing." Very impressed. "Interview with a Vampire" was going to print and she was unhappy with the book jacket.

Also, you must know this but. . .It's not the signings that sell books as much as the PR from radio/newspapers/TV that go hand in hand each time. It's spreading the word. I prefer radio and newspaper PR because you don't have to go anywhere.

C