On the 4th of February I had my first ever public reading event.
Three weeks beforehand I called some bookstores and found that the Borders in Oak Park had an Open Mic Night. You can do music, skits and a bit of storytelling. The night was a blast! I invited my friends and they came to support my work as a writer. It was the best feeling in the world. Also the most nerve-racking. I signed my name in the fourth column on a list thinking, great, this will give me time to panic and get it out of my system before I go up. But when I came back to the list, people were signing in RIGHT UNDER MY NAME. Damn it! I thought. That's not fair. I need my panic time! They called my name first and I went up. Met this guy, whose name happens to be "Guy" who was the coordinator of this whole event. He stopped me before I left to tell me to come back and read more short stories! I was floored! Happy as well. I passed out some cards that had my blog on them, met a few people signed a friends' book.
Below is footage from the first reading.
2 comments:
Well done, friend! I agree, it is both an exhilerating and nerve-racking feeling... :P
You can't see it in the video...but my knees were shaking the whole time. I was so on edge because I was the first to go up. Hope that doesn't happen next time. Thanks for all the support. It is well appreciated. How's your third book coming along?
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