Done taping "After Words" on C-SPAN, which will be shown not THIS weekend, but Halloween weekend
Back to the Jefferson Hotel after taping with Rep. Tom Feeney, who really knew both his PNM and BFA. He did a much better job of interviewing me than I anticipated (I mean, what to expect in terms of preparation from a super-busy Congressman?).
We ask about the broadcast and it will not be this weekend (22-23 Oct) but NEXT weekend (29-30).
Back here and online, I notice that that is exactly what the C-SPAN guy emailed me a few hours ago. I just didn't notice the dates because what I had originally heard from Putnam was that C-SPAN would broadcast this coming weekend.
But, frankly, I just never figured that was likely, whether it was a real promise or not, because there's just no way C-SPAN would head into a weekend without one in the can long before Thursday. If there's one in the can, then broadcasting mine versus somebody else's would mean the other person's episode either got bumped or the network wouldn't decide til the last minute (possible enough, given the culture.)
Why wish for the coming weekend so much? Hope that the show would generate sales on top of all the pre-sales to crack the "list," meaning a hope for critical mass of PR generating the requisite velocity.
Then again, you can only control so much and obsessing over this gets you nowhere.
You just want to be sure you give every day your best shot. Big point is, there will be plenty of books in the stores when it airs. Plus I can watch it at home with my family instead of on the road. Much cooler.
Much more important today: our little Vonne Mei kept all four of her endangered teeth--each of them successfully crowned. Four crowns before her second birthday. No picnic. But we thank God for small favors.