Wednesday, May 10, 2006

To Do List for RT

-Figure out what I’m wearing. Six days and five nights. There are at least three different “dressy” events--The Ellora’s Cave “What’s Your Fantasy?” party, the “Vampires of the Caribbean” party (don’t ask me, I don’t know why vampires would want to live in such a sunny locale), and the Faery Court Ball. So many pairs of shoes I’ll have to bring--ugh. For the Ellora’s Cave party, I think I’m going to wear the little sweater with the black fur collar and black pants I bought for the Holiday Book Bash earlier this year. For the Vampire Ball, I’m going to wear one of the black formal dresses I wore last year (hopefully no one will remember). For the Faery Court Ball…I have no idea. Probably another black dress. Every dress I own is black. *sigh* Some people will be wearing costumes. Good for them. I always feel too self-conscious to do that.

Clothing for the daytime is usually business casual or just casual, casual. But I only have one pair of decent functional jeans that I’d be okay with being seen in. I think may have to make an emergency stop by the sales rack at Ann Taylor Loft to see what they have. Plus, I’m guessing it will be warm—weather.com says it’s 90 degrees there today. So, I guess that means capris—I have three pairs that I like. Maybe four. Oh, my head hurts just thinking about all of this.

-Figure out the best way to get my books to Florida. I can either try to bring them with me—in a box or a suitcase on the plane?—or ship them ahead of me. There are perils with both of these options. I don’t really want to lug them through the airport; I’m already going to be bringing enough stuff. But if I ship them, there’s always the danger that they might not get there on time. Or at all. Which would be embarrassing as I’m supposed to have them to sell. Any veteran travelers have any suggestions on this?

-Check out my collection of luggage and bags to see which is going to be the most appropriate for taking with me. I know I’m going to have my computer and my purse as carry-ons. I don’t know how I’m going to do this without taking eighty-seven suitcases with me. Which I can’t do!

-Make sure my swimsuit fits. If not, throw up my hands and declare that I’m wearing shorts to the beach.

-Gather my directions for the drive from Orlando to Daytona Beach.

-Make sure I have all the cell phone numbers I need.

-Confirm my airport arrival and departure times (which if different than what I have now will really screw things up).

-Work on my promotional materials for Promo Alley. Promo Alley is the place where everyone sets up their little baskets of bookmarks, postcards and goodies to be given away. Last year, I used my bookmarks and I wish I could do that again. But I don’t have very many of them left, and with RuneStone closing, I don’t want to spend the money to order more when, in all likelihood, the information on the bookmark will be changing or not applicable in the near future. However, I have hundreds of postcards that have my book cover on the front and the tagline on the back. I’m thinking about checking out some labels to see if I can print the description on the label and paste them on the blank part (the address portion) of the postcard. Then I can use those as a promo item. We’ll see. I'm also thinking about seeing if I can form some kind of booklet for the first chapter and give that away.

-Get Red Hots, microwavable popcorn and a basket or something to complete my gift basket giveaway.

-LAUNDRY!

And about a million other things that I'm sure I'm forgetting...less than a week to go! Aaaaack!!!

2 comments:

Eddie said...

Good luck on the trip. Now that I have been to Orlando, I probably could give you directions to Daytona.

Stacey said...

Oh, I'm hoping it's an easy trip between the two cities. It seems like they're pretty close together.