163: #BookTourReality

Mary Laura Philpott tells all. It's glorious. It's embarrassing. Nobody told you you'd be sitting on a barstool in front of a crowd in a short skirt.Mary Laura Philpott (https://marylauraphilpott.com/) is the author of I Miss You When I Blink (https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781982102807) , a book with the most awesome subtitle ever: Essays. That's it. Here's a little something she wrote on subtitles and why we love to hate them, (https://lithub.com/why-exactly-do-we-have-subtitles-on-books/) from LitHub. We've been following her book launch (check back to Episode 150, #NeverReady (http://amwritingpodcast.com/2019/03/19/episode-158-neverready-mary-laura-philpott-on-the-weeks-before-a-book-launch-regrets-and-do-overs/) ) and now, her triumphant tour. Or maybe not so much and certainly not all the time. Links to some of the fantastic Indies who hosted Mary Laura:Whistlestop Bookshop (http://www.whistlestoppers.com/)Books Are Magic (https://www.booksaremagic.net)M. Judson Bookseller (https://www.mjudsonbooks.com)Word Bookstore (https://www.wordbookstores.com) in Brooklyn and New JerseyMalaprops Bookstore (https://www.malaprops.com) in Asheville, NCThe Snail on the Wall (https://www.snailonthewall.com) Huntsville, ALPolitics and Prose (https://www.politics-prose.com) Washington, DCBooks and Books, (https://booksandbooks.com) Florida#AmReadingCity of Girls (https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594634734) , Elizabeth Gilbert#FaveIndieBookstoreAnd finally, no interview with Mary Laura would be complete without a shoutout to her favorite Indie--and her beloved employer--Parnassus Books in Nashville (https://www.parnassusbooks.net/) .Find out more about our guest, Mary Laura Philpott, here (https://marylauraphilpott.com/) —and check out her latest book, I Miss You When I Blink, on IndieBound (https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781982102807) or at Libro.fm. (https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781508278757-i-miss-you-when-i-blink)This episode was sponsored by Author Accelerator, the book coaching program that helps you get your work DONE. Visit https://www.authoraccelerator.com/amwriting for details, special offers and Jennie Nash’s 2-tier outline template.Find more about Jess here (http://www.jessicalahey.com/) , and about KJ here (https://kjdellantonia.com/) .If you enjoyed this episode, we suggest you check out Marginally, a podcast about writing, work and friendship (https://www.marginallypodcast.com/) . This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amwriting.substack.com/subscribe