![]() ![]() The times I had! Just to give you some idea, my hotel bill was $6,000. However, all of this was but prelude to my California tour. But the evening turned out splendidly, except, of course, for the man who fell off the dock. I never realized just how many of “my crowd” are personae non grata in the nicer homes in town. My, the fights we had about the guest list. Then it was on to Dick and Linda Dickinson’s home on Siesta Key for a party in my honor. Pete Times reported in a lead story, I was drunk. I would have to say that this event was the most fun of all, possibly because, as the St. First there was a gala wine and cheese book signing at Kingsley’s on St. I did manage to “bag” a couple (see photos), though the trouble is, they are the kind of celebrities where you have to explain who they are, and even then people go, “Huh?” (Just kidding, celebrities.)Īnyway, after this whirlwind of appearances-two in as many weeks-I flew back to Sarasota, and even here the pace never slackened. The trick here is to get as many celebrities as possible to show up, and let me tell you it was not easy. Some people became so calm they actually dozed off.Ī day or so later I was thrown one of those fancy “book parties” in a glamorous apartment overlooking Central Park. To calm the crowd I continued reading from the book and the effect was amazing. True to the Post’s reputation, they were wildly inaccurate, neglecting to mention me by name and describing my audience as a “small handful of customers still in the store.” Too bad, since I certainly did rise to the occasion, if I do say so myself. Unfortunately, it turned out the mob was just protesting the Rodney King verdict and not “Love Junkie,” but still, we made the front page of the New York Post, always a dream of mine. There I was, reading a selection from my book to a small but appreciative audience at Tower Books in New York when all of a sudden two cops rushed in and announced that an angry mob was converging on the building. Just to give you an idea-my very first public appearance had to be halted by the police. ![]() You’ll do anything.” Praise indeed, particularly when you remember that her other big client at the moment is Patti Davis. There’s always some show they won’t go on. My publisher-how trippingly those words now come to my tongue-said she had never had a client like me. If you think I work hard at self-promotion in Sarasota, you should see me when I am let loose on a national level. And let me tell you, some days I feel like I sold every copy personally. More people have bought it than live in Bent Tree and Laurel Oak combined. Anyway, the book seems to be selling very well.
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