Well, I'm very happy to be able to tell you that my first book signing went quite well today.  We were blessed with really great weather for February in central Illinois -- sunny during the middle of the day, and it wasn't horribly cold, either, until about four pm.  So people were out & about at the mall.  (Borders in Peoria is at the Shoppes at Grand Prairie, which is a large outdoor mall.)  People wandered through the bookstore, friends of mine showed up, and I got to chat and schmooze for a couple of hours.  I had brought pizza for the bookstore staff, so everyone likes me now.  : )  I sold half of the books I had to sell, and the rest I signed generically and they are now sitting on the bookstore shelf with stickers on them that say "Autographed Copy".  And I even sold a book to a complete total stranger (my friends bought the rest).  It's been a good day.  Huge thanks to: Al, Mike, Teresa, Deanna, Christi, Rob, Cindy, another Deanna, Priscilla, and my Rob.  I really appreciate you guys showing up -- you made my day.