http://www.jeremykroeker.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:25:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I said I'd try and update you all on the show today if I had time... UNFORTUNATELY, I have time. Why is that unfortunate? Because I'm stuck. I made it to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario today, fully intending to drive another 200 kilometres or so before finding a motel. But ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/toronto-supershow/ I know that many of you have been checking in to see how the show is going and you're disappointed at the lack of information. It's not that I've been lazy or negligent, exactly, but rather exhausted. Every day I stand at my booth for 11 hours saying, "...it's about ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/supershow-2/ While setting up my booth at the Toronto International Motorcycle SUPERSHOW, I was delighted to find myself situated right beside Mark Richardson, author of "Zen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig." He and his family were setting up and cleaning off his Suzuki DR 600 that he rode ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/opportunity/ Fortunately for me, generating sales at a busy store on the Saturday before Christmas is like shooting fish in a barrel. Aside: does anyone else wonder how easy it is to shoot fish in a barrel? I suppose it depends on the concentration of fish. For example, if there's three ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/moving-out/ I was not impressed. For our Christmas party in Banff, we squeezed into a tiny booth at a fondue restaurant without predicting the disparity between cost and quality of experience. The company and conversation were pleasant. The food was nice, too, but not nearly as nice as one might expect ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/vulnerability-2/ Man, am I ever taking this whole "starving artist" thing WAY too literally. I mean, I took low-paying, part-time employment so that I could really buckle down and write. And then, I took a large risk by ordering 1,000 copies of Motorcycle Therapy when, really, I didn't have a job. ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/literally-speaking/ The nice thing about renting a room from a climbing partner is that you don't have to organize pickup times, and you don't have to sort gear when you're wet and cold. Those details take place at home. The bad thing is that, when you fully intend to sleep in ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/good-newsbad-news/ I know. I mentioned how much I hated early starts in a previous post. I won't belabor that point. But COME ON! Look at my freaking alarm clock! Getting up this early for anything that does not make a man money is ridiculous. So why bother? Well, Tom and I ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/why-i-hate-ice-climbing-or-nemesis-is-my-nemesis/ "Best signing EVER!" That's what the manager of the Indigo Spirit said to me when I finished. During the four hours I sat signing books at the Cascade Plaza in Banff, I racked up sales stats to match the best night he had ever witnessed. Impressive? Yes and no. After ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/best-signing-ever/ For those of you who have read Motorcycle Therapy, you may recall that I used to practically live for ice climbing. Then for one reason or another, I just sort of stopped. Injury had something to do with it, sure. But more than that, I just sort of lost motivation ... http://www.jeremykroeker.com/updates/i-remember/