Kevin J. Anderson | March 31, 2011
Two cities left of the 13 cities, and I still have energy. In fact, with great turnouts in Chicago and Atlanta, I got a boost to keep trudging along on the marathon. And last night’s signing in Dallas drew the biggest crowd of the whole tour—so far. Houston, you have a last chance to kick [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | March 30, 2011
I’m in the Atlanta airport right now, getting ready to board…seems like I just got here yesterday. Wait, I did… Yesterday, after rounding up my baggage in the claim area, I met the driver Robert, who had already arranged his schedule of dropby bookstores. It felt strange to be coming through the Atlanta airport for something [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | March 29, 2011
6:30 AM in the lobby of the hotel in downtown Dayton (worst in-room hotel coffee ever!), I asked if the hotel offered a shuttle to the airport—they did, but it had departed fifteen minutes earlier. So I looked for a cab outside, forgetting that Dayton is a very quiet city…no cabs, but the hotel could [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | March 28, 2011
With yesterday’s lunch of fried chicken and dinner of pepperoni and sausage pizza, it was not a good cholesterol day (and it didn’t lead to a good night’s sleep either). My next destination was Dayton, Ohio—and I would be driving from Lexington, Kentucky. (If I went by air, I would have to fly from Lexington [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | March 26, 2011
I left home (alas) back to the Denver airport for my trip to Lexington, Kentucky for the next leg of the Hellhole tour. I arrived at O’Hare Airport with a lot of extra time—we landed 25 minutes ahead of schedule, but then I had two hours of layover anyway. I had plenty of time to [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | March 25, 2011
The prospect of going home again is worth getting up at 4:30 AM. I left the hotel in San Diego with my suitcases by 5:20 AM, then took a cab to the airport for my early flight back to Denver. So far, by taking lots of vitamin C, some zinc, and frequent use of hand [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | March 24, 2011
Since the past two days in LA did not start early, I had caught up on my sleep. Wednesday, however, I was scheduled for an hour-long interview at 7 AM with a Denver radio station, KHOW, to talk about my Thursday signing in Denver. Brian and I had train tickets to San Diego a couple [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | March 23, 2011
It seems a long time since I’ve spent two nights in a row in the same bed. With two signings in the greater Los Angeles area (Pasadena and Huntington Beach), we stayed at a centrally located hotel in Beverly Hills as our base. Ken picked us up again in the morning to spend the day [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | March 22, 2011
Warning labels on hotel hair dryer. I feel safe now Heading south from San Francisco on Sunday morning, Brian and I each got up early—Brian to head to the train station for his trip down California’s central valley, and me to the airport for a quick flight to Los Angeles so I could spend part [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | March 20, 2011
After yesterday’s overnight trip on the Amtrak from Portland down to San Francisco, I awoke surprisingly refreshed. I don’t usually sleep well on the train (with the jerking and lurching it’s like someone constantly shaking you awake). Brian and I each had cramped sleeper compartments (I think they’re called “cozy”) with a little table and [...]
