 Nora's
Carolina
Moon Tour 2000
Barnes & Noble
Baltimore, Maryland
Monday, March 6
First day, so far, so good.
Up unconstitutionally early--4:45 to get to
morning TV show here in Baltimore. Didn't realize
until I got there that one of the co-hosts had done
a piece on me before. He's a riot, as you have to
be to function at that hour. I get there at 6:15
for what is slated to be a 6:30 on air, and about a
ten minute interview.
Marty comes out--mike her up now! Come right on
out, okay, and you can just sit in with me and Don
and be one of the gang. Well sure, why not. So they
zip me out and we just sit there and carry on.
Silly stuff, fun stuff. Ask me to stay through the
hour. Okay, fine. So I'm on for 45 minutes. Tons of
fun. Sign book for Marty's mother-in-law.
From there to radio interview, another long one,
and very nice. The station has also run a contest
and has selected about 20 winners to have coffee
with me after the interview. Prettily done, in a
conference room with danishes and so on. The
winners can ask me questions, chat with me, have me
sign their books. Everyone is happy--especially a
young girl with her mom who was given permission to
miss school this morning to do this deal.
From there to the next radio deal which is about
30 minutes. Done this show before, too, so the
reporter and I are comfortable with each other.
Back to hotel to find they haven't cleaned my
room yet. Bah. Make calls to NY, to home, order
lunch. I have a couple hour's down time before my
last interview and the signing that follows.
I'll sleep like a baby tonight.
USA
Today piece runs in tomorrow's edition. Hope it
turns out well.
Nora
AND ALSO FROM NORA
Fast changes.
First, I haven't been able to interest
housekeeping in my room. LOL. They came by earlier
when I was grabbing a sandwich, and I said work
around me. Nope, they'd come back. I decided a
couple hours later, to help them out and leave for
an hour, and tracked down the maid to tell her,
remind her of my room #. Come back, no deal. Tired
now, want a nap, but track her down, tell her I'll
fiddle around elsewhere for a bit more. Do so. No
deal.
Screw it, I'm lying down.
Phone rings. Publicity. Fox News in DC would
like me in the morning. Now this is not around the
corner from Baltimore, and for an 8:30 arrival, I'd
have to leave at 7:00. I suggest, if they want me
to do this, they just move me to DC tonight after
the signing, as maybe they'll have a clean room
anyway. They like the notion and get to work on it.
I close my eyes. Phone rings. Escort. Radio
interview this evening is washed. Guy forgot about
it. HAHA.
Fine with me. Close my eyes. Phone rings. I'm
moving to DC. Okay, good. Must pack what I've
unpacked, but this is easy and I've plenty of time
now. Start to pack.
Housekeeping comes to the door. I send her away.
LOL.
Phone rings. Publicity. Will I do a quick
pre-interview with Fox now? Okay, fine.
Do it, pack some more.
So the upshot is, I have a nice hour left in my
dirty room, but it's quiet. I'm packed up for DC,
and will do Fox News tomorrow, on air 8:45 EST.
Nora
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