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Monday, May 21, 2007
*NEW YORK, NEW YORK!*
I have always had a fascination with New York City. When I grew up, I lived for the movies. I loved those black and white films set in New York with all those glamorous Hollywood stars. Scenes with men in top hats and tails, women resplendent in glittering gowns, diamonds, and ruby red lips going to nightclubs where they dined at little white linen covered tables with lamps illuminating in the center. Savy and suave tuxedo’d waiters whisked drinks to the table with names like Manhattans, Sidecars and for that special occasion, Champagne with corks popped and bubbles exploding and fizzling. Sultry torch singers with hankerchief in hand sang their hearts out and dancers entertained us with their spendiferous costumes and razzle dazzle. Oh, the drama and glamour!
Waiters bringing telephones to the table for personal calls. You could dance the tango, cha cha cha, and ballroom dance to your heart’s desire. Nightclubs with dreamy names like the Rainbow Room or slightly naughty Kit Kat Club. Yes, I always dreamed of New York days and nights and just as saying goes, “bright lights, big city”. Now tell me, where is my limo?
So you can imagine my delight and anticipation when my publisher, Grand Central, announced they were flying me to New York City to speak at Book Expo America. I am also to sign advance copies of my first book ever, “The Pulpwood Queens’ Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life”. Small town girl, big city dreams has always been my story. I can hardly wait to visit the BIG APPLE and the largest home of the best in publishing, theater, and arts!
I have been shopping for months looking for just the right ensembles to wear. What a challenge in the land of Wal-Mart and blue light specials here in the East Texas piney woods. With New York City being the fashion Mecca, trying to compete with designer and couture, was I up to the task? Forget Versace, Dior look out! Here in Texas, where we know everything is bigger and better, and we thrive on individuality, I decided to embrace the “Dallas” style. Be prepared for Big Hair, Big Tiaras, KICKASS cowboy boots, and as always with The Pulpwood Queens, Big Reads and BIG TIME FUN! I may never be able to compete with the style and fashion of New York but isn’t it just like they say in writing, “write what you know”? I have decided I will wear what I know. We never take ourselves too seriously, The Pulpwood Queens, but we are damn serious here in the south about reading and literacy. There is no place in the world that loves a story better and the telling of the tale than in the south. As author River Jordan once told me and let me paraphrase her here, “Up north they hide away their crazy people in the attics and closets but here in the south we prop our eccentric characters up on the front porch for all to see.” Go River Go! Prop me up against the bookshelf and let me die!
We hope to send that message home dear readers, as we sashay down the book publisher rows of aisles. Yes, we do read EVERYWHERE in America, not just the East and West coasts! And who better, than a southern, blonde Texas hairdresser, and yes avid reader, to send that message to the big guns in publishing! Look out world, here come the Pulpwood Queens “where tiaras are mandatory and reading good books is the RULE!” Our sole mission is to get everybody reading, one person, one book club chapter, one author, and one book at a time. We also want to break some stereotypes and help that yet undiscovered author get discovered in a big way!
When I travel to NYC, my hope is to meet many of you there at Book Expo America. I invite you all to come give me a hug. That is what we do here in the south, we hug. Besides, it just makes you feel good to hug somebody. I also plan to see and experience as much of the city as I possibly can. Below is my itinerary for some of the things my publisher and I have planned. For those of you who will not be attending, I am determined on sending my daily experiences and musings to be posted on my www.pulpwoodqueen.com blog site. Whether you are an armchair traveler or travel in person, books can take you wonderful places. I know my life has always been all about the stories and all about the books. And just like one of my favorite children’s books by Dr. Seuss, “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!”
To read daily blogs of my trip to New York City, please go to www.pulpwoodqueen.com. To pre-order Kathy L. Patrick’s book and learn more of Beauty and the Book and The Pulpwood Queens, please go to the official website, www.beautyandthebook.com To read news of Jefferson, Texas and the surrounding area, please go to www.marioncountytexas.com
Tiara wearing, Book , and Book Expo America sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
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